Grab the ip flooding yours and complain to that persons ISP, send them the
log, drop a hint that that persons activity is against their TOS

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Those cvars don't do a darn thing against this flood Ronny.
>
> The only addon that I've seen to help prevent this attack was
> ServerSecure2. However, since it doesn't answer a2s_info queries right
> away, things such as HLSW will cease to function. Your server will
> also look very unattractive to players as your ping in the server
> browser will be inflated.
> Kyle.
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Ronny Schedel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > sv_max_queries_sec
> > sv_max_queries_sec_global
> > sv_max_queries_window
> >
> > are your friends. If the default settings kill your server, lower the
> values
> > until you get decent hardware.
> >
> >
> >> Malicious users can continuously spam the TSource Engine Query USP
> packet
> >> to
> >> any given server, causing the server to crash under the pressure.
> >>
> >> I've been subject to this spam and I believe Valve should do something
> in
> >> order to prevent this packet from being spammed. If I block the packet
> >> then
> >> legitimate users cannot see my game, if I let it go, my game is
> >> unplayable.
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