I still have all my servers in my favorites thank God. I run a Windows 7 Steam Client. It would suck if a bunch of players lost their favorites over this like 1nsane did!
-----Original Message----- From: ics [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:30 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] IP Changes & DDOS Attacks - Do Game Server Accounts Resolve These Issues Now? Many people complain the same thing on our servers. Also, while steam supports this feature, there is only 1 game that supports this atm. -ics 1nsane kirjoitti: > Soon as I got this update all my favorites were deleted. > > Anyone else had this issue happen to them? > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Mike Vail <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I just got a Steam Client update this morning that included the > following in the General update notes: > > “Add IP tracking to game server favorites. Favorites will > automatically update to new server IP addresses if the game server > is using a persistent account.” > > I’m assuming that this feature is no longer just a beta client > feature now, which is wonderful news for anyone looking to change > their IP addess(es). > > *From:*Mike Vail [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Saturday, February 15, 2014 10:49 AM > *To:* 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > *Subject:* [hlds] IP Changes & DDOS Attacks - Do Game Server > Accounts Resolve These Issues Now? > > So this week for the first time since I started running Valve > servers almost 10 years ago, I began getting ddos attacked on one > of my servers. The datacenter null-routed the IP, which is typical > in these cases. I don’t have advanced firewall protection right > now other than Windows 2008 Firewall so I’m kinda stuck. I don’t > even know the nature of the attack because the datacenter isn’t > helpful at all. Wireshark hangs and crashes every 30 minutes so it > too is useless in identifying the attack. I also learned another > server-op who runs a similar server is having the same attacks so > it’s likely the same guy trying to take us both down so he can > start his own server like ours. > > So then I started thinking about these new game server accounts. > My affected server is by no means stock. It runs a custom map, has > instant respawn and 100% crits, which disqualifies it from > Quick-play. That’s fine but here’s my question. As I read the > recent thread about the new Game server account feature, by adding > my server to a game server account, I can change the IP and > players with it saved in their favorites will receive the new > server IP address because their favorites will update after the IP > change. Is this correct? If so, I should be able to change the IP > after registering it and people should find the server through > their favorites like before even though the server won’t work with > quick-play right? > > Lastly, with game server accounts becoming the norm, would it not > make since for Valve to game servers’ IP addresses from everyone > in the future so the ability to attack them would be greatly > diminished? I realize that dedicated attackers will always find a > way to do evil, but by hiding the IP addresses from players, it > may go a long way to reducing the frequency of attacks by script > kiddies. > > What do you guys think? > > Happy Saturday, > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
