This is a debug server, not a honeypot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)
Since the term gets thrown around here mostly, its not for you windows people. -f0rkz On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 23:57 -0400, Carl wrote: > I have noticed that a lot of server admins here are somewhat displeased > with Valve's lax approach to some of the more recent server exploits. > While this may be hogwash, I think it might be due to Valve not being > able to replicate the the bugs. I also have noticed that debugging > srcds is not very fruitful for us since we don't have a special debug > version of srcds. > > Thus, I propose that Valve starts a few honeypot servers, that get > regular traffic. These honeypot servers would allow Valve to run the > special debug version of srcds so that when crashes and other exploits > occur, they have all the information they need to properly investigate > the bug. I realize this is easier said than done, but it would allow > for Valve to see that said bugs DO in fact exist. > > Just an Idea > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
