----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Brooking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mirror.valve.hlds_linux Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] Re: how will the Valve banlist be hack proof? [was Re: [hlds_linux] New Security Modules]
> I was actually thinking this on the way home lastnight, except not so > much hacking, more faking the communication between a server and the > banlist server. not to nitpick, but i will :) "faking the communication" is called reverse engineering the communication is very much a "hacker" activity. for example, the OGC guys found out how CD talked to the CD server and "mimicked" the protocol. CDeath had to keep changing the auth codes to keep OGC from mimicking the protocol. thankfully it's a lot easier and more effective to distribute a piece of code to server admins who use CD than to distribute code to hackers to bypass CD. which is why the OGC guys basically gave up until Valve's 1.4 release broke CD for CS clients. end of nitpick :) ~j aka bp _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
