Florian, as always, these are good ideas. Let's get a final concensus on this before we create a standard and implement it.
HoundDawg United Admins - Game Server Admin Association http://www.unitedadmins.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Florian Zschocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [hlds_apps] Server-Side Bind Abuse > HoundDawg wrote: > > > > Ok, here's another one that we should address. Apparently, there is a > > growing number of admins that are abusing the client execute features of > > addons in order to rebind player key binds. Should the addons refuse client > > exec commands that have "bind" in them or should HLDS handle this? I think > > HLDS would be the best place for this. > > I disagree that it should be handled by HLDS. But I agree that > this is an issue needing to be discussed. I have to correct Alfred > in that Admin Mod currently does allow 'bind'. We do block 'alias' > tho, for apparent reasons. > > As GeSpot said 'bind' can be used for valid reasons and to help > clients so simply locking it down isn't the best option. I have > been pondering over this for some time now and am thinking about > something along the following lines. > > I would allow to bind the console command to a key to give admins > the possibility to help clients enable the console as GeSpot > explained. I would restrict all other bindings and only allow them > on an opt-in basis. This means that the client can set a setinfo > variable which the addon can read. Only if this variable is set, > will other binds be sent to the client. This way an admin can > enable the console for the client and tell him to set the variable > in order for the client to allow the admin to set further > bindings. This way you keep admins from binding user's keys > without their consent but give them the possibility to help their > clients who are less proficient with the HL console and bind > system. > > Also does Admin Mod issue a message upon connect that the server > is set to allow the execution of commands on clients. A much hated > feature by some admins but I hope the clients appreciate it. :) > > Florian. > > > -- > Want to produce professional emails and Usenet postings? > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > _______________________________________________ > hlds_apps mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps > > _______________________________________________ hlds_apps mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps
