How would you prevent servers from updating hosts if they are not authorized to use said (sub)domains? Ala spoofing.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Jauernick" <[email protected]> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 9:32:27 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] SRV records Hi, The Problem why i think its nessecary for Servers and Master Servers to support advertising DNS hosts when available is that most people find servers via the Master Browser and when saving a Server as a Favorite. Then still the IP Would be saved and when it changes -> We got the same problem all over... When the Server tells "hey i am reachable under tf2j.domain.com" and the MS and Server Browser uses that from now on all would work fine. Am 10.12.2012 17:12, schrieb T Marler: > It seems to me like SRV record support could just be a one-way simple > process where it resolves to the server and port, and that's it. Why > does the server need to register this information on the master > server? I don't see why this is necessary. The people connecting > through the master server are the people using the browser anyways, > so > SRV records do not impact them. Ergo a server doesn't need to > register > SRV records with a master server. Furthermore, having an srcds server > as a dns authoritative server sounds like a really bad idea. > > I suspect the way this could be handled is: > > a) Favourites list now stores IPs AND DNS hostnames (including SRV > records). When the player refreshes the hostnames resolve to the host > and returns the status. Connecting also resolves to the current > information. > > b) Console command usage of DNS could easily be expanded to support > SRV records. Is it really so hard to support tf2j.domain.com -> > x.x.x.x:xxxx? It's been part of the DNS spec for decades. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cameron Munroe" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 9:46:22 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] SRV records > > > > Black I mean a system for in game that can't be abused, or hacked. I > know there is DNS. It would be much easier to run servers off a > steamID, but they are dynamic for servers, at least I thought. > > Another problem with DNS names is how to report to the master server > that this is the unique name? > > Another issue is that DNS names aren't port identified, so if you > move server from 27015 to 27016 your clients won't be able to > connect. > > > > On 12/9/2012 8:28 PM, Robert Paulson wrote: > > > This has been asked for many times over the past years. > > It would be very helpful because it would allow us to move to better > hosts and faster servers without losing 90% of our players due to an > IP change. Even for TF2, quickplay accounts do little to help a > migration. > > > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Calvin Judy < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Why would you need to go IP -> name? > > And to my understanding the majority of the server browser wouldn't > even have to be recoded, it would just need to store the string > rather > than the ip, and then resolve it everytime someone wants the server > information. (Correct me if I'm wrong on this?) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [BT]Black V > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] SRV records > > > > If only someone could invent an ip to name lookup system......... > On 10/12/2012 3:09 PM, "Cameron Munroe" < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > The biggest problem with sub domains is that one day you could point > everyone to a server based in the USA and the next day point everyone > to a server is Russia. > > However, I do agree it would be nice. > > The next problem would be how to setup such system. > > On 12/9/2012 6:01 PM, T Marler wrote: > > > Okay guys, seriously now. Can we please get SRV record support for > srcds? Also, having favourites saved based on (sub)domain and not > just > IP? > > I think we all want to see this actually addressed. I haven't yet > seen a good reason why these haven't been. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
