> I’m just letting people know there may be > some new exploit that also overflows the reliable buffer. So keep an eye > out .
You mean, like the one that currently has threads on both this list and hlds_linux discussing it. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Frank T. O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be absolutely clear, having played TF2 since beta, I can assure you > this is being done maliciously. In fact, the night ended with the person > doing it about 3 times in a row and people just left the server. > > We’ve had these in the past, it used to be as easy as spamming > connect/disconnect messages with really long nicknames. We got: > > · sv_max_connects_sec > > · sv_max_connects_window > > · sv_max_connects_sec_global > > to combat the original exploit. I’m just letting people know there may be > some new exploit that also overflows the reliable buffer. So keep an eye > out . > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nomaan Ahmad > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:11 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Disconnect: ERROR! Reliable snaphsot overflow.. > > > > No, its only a typo. And I don't think Snapshot overflow is an exploit. > > On 19 June 2012 02:33, Frank T. O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Also, “snaphsot” is misspelled in the error, but dyslexics do make the best > programmers…. > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
