>From my understanding, when you setup a content server, it's not like it's -your- server that you give Valve access to. It's a server setup for Valve, as if they were any other colocated server/user/account. I imagine that datacenters are more interested in doing this than, say, your or me as individuals.
On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 18:43 -0500, Derek Denholm wrote: > If you rented a dedicated server from a host would you expect remote desktop > access ? of course you would. Stop being silly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MeZelf > Sent: May-07-10 6:56 PM > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Mirrors > > "Provide a remote desktop username and password into the machine with admin > privileges." > Now it could be me, but exactly why would I need to provide complete and > unrestricted access for valve to my servers? > One of the principals of securing servers: don't give out your password. > It even says so on Steam chat: "Never tell your password to anyone." > > If I would set one up and have filtering on it, how would you instruct the > client(s) to use that specific server? > >From what I read in the past there is no way of making it do that. > > Also with all the requirement demands by valve... exactly what would valve be > giving to us? > Besides a big connection bill and 'a good feeling'?? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jake Eisenman > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:43 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Mirrors > > Looking at that... they might get more servers if window wasn't a requirement. > > @Saint K: Let us know how it goes! > > On 5/7/2010 9:04 AM, Patrick Shelley wrote: > > Becoming a Steam Content Provider: > > > > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3326-TDKV-4603 > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Saint K.<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Isn't it a possibility that we host a private content server for > >> anyone > who > >> chips in a few bucks? I would be more than willing to pay a few to > >> have a private content server to be able to update my servers > >> decently without > the > >> standard steam update hell. I have all the possibilities to set up a > thing > >> such as this. Just don't know how this is arranged with VALVe. > >> > >> Saint K. > > <SNIP> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
