doesn't VAC check the memory? but +1 to the option for server admins, but somehow someone would find a way to change that or spoof it, idk, its weird
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> wrote: > Once code is loaded into memory, it's open game. It doesn't matter what > the > server/client relationship is. If I have a binary/application that hunts > for that code in memory, then I can change any value I want. > > I have written some code in my plugin that locks down certain values that I > know people are using to alter game play, but to figure out all of the > holes > people are trying to exploit would be fruitless. Then you have 5 different > games ( well L4D and L4D2 are pretty close so maybe 4 ), there's no way to > handle that reasonably. > > If VALVe gave the server operators the choice to keep clients that have > plugins running, that would cut some of them out. But even as COD6 has > proved, you definitely don't need a client side plugin to cheat. > > Keeper > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arg! [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:31 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Plugin Loading on clients, enough is enough. > > Im certainly no expert on how the libraries are being used here, but > shouldnt the code explicitly state that certain cvars are to only come from > the replicated source, eg the game server? Sure there might be ways around > this with injection as mentioned but shouldnt the listen server (to cover > the lan side) be using a seperate copy of the engine binaries which are > affected here so when plugins are run in that context, they do not override > the cvars being replicated from the actual gameserver the client is > connected to? > > I was under the impression this problem existed because the client was > sharing binaries with another server running on the local machine, so > seperating the binaries being used would fix this surely. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
