You should be running 4.1.1.1d, since any previous version of the HL server has a security hole, that enables other people to freeze you HL, crash your HL, crash your machine or even take control of your machine!
Also, running 1.x.x.x as server (which means you are using the client as server) is a bad idea, since it almost always lags behind in server versions. Install the full dedicated Windows server instead. Jeroen "ShadowLord" Bogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 00:12 Subject: [hlds_apps] HLDS Server Query Protocol > The "server protocl.txt" file that ships with the HL SDK says : > > "Messages are sent to the server by sending 4 consecutive bytes of 255 > (32-bit integer -1) and then the string command followed by a zero byte to > terminate it" > > How does HLDS (Windows) handle packets that are sent to it that are NOT > terminated with a zero byte. The reason I ask, is my server was crashing > every few minutes. I thought I might be under some kind of attack so I ran > a packet sniffer and noticed a number of packets that were being sent by a > popular game server monitoring program that were not terminated with a zero > byte. It looked as if it had a fixed size send buffer which is getting > stuffed with "ping", "info" etc, and it was sending the entire buffer with > trailing garbage and all. > > Here's a few examples (showing only the relevant data section of the > packet): > > 0x0020 E0 68 1B DA 69 87 00 13-60 42 FF FF FF FF 70 6C ah.Ui?..`Byyyypl > 0x0030 61 79 65 72 73 08 3B 96-62 23 EC 78 ayers.;-b#ix > > 0x0020 E0 68 1B DA 69 87 00 12-C0 40 FF FF FF FF 73 74 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 0x0030 61 74 75 73 1D 62 65 61-63 6F 6E 40 atus.beacon@ > > 0x0020 E0 68 1B DA 69 87 00 15-D2 E6 FF FF FF FF 67 65 ah.Ui?..Oayyyyge > 0x0030 74 73 74 61 74 75 73 10-2E 1D 32 E4 tstatus...2a > > 0x0020 E0 68 1B DA 69 87 00 12-3F CF 5C 65 63 68 6F 5C ah.Ui?..?I\echo\ > 0x0030 48 4C 53 57 56 F3 2C CB-91 F9 08 D2 HLSWVo,E'u.O > > Could these packets be crashing my Windows 1.1.1.0 server? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
