Sure it was always part of the rules, because you were not able to use certain characters in the name in the past.
> That's very zen of you, but 'no quotes in the username' was never part > of the rules. It simply should have been. If you wrote a parser to the > current rules, broken as they are, it wouldn't choke on quotes in > usernames unless the user had a deliberately disruptive name that was > impossible to parse under the rules. But what IS happening, is players > with the name 'bob "sam" joe' are breaking parsers. That is the > parser's fault. > > Nobody is arguing that the rules are flawed, but like I said, 'the > rules SHOULD be as such' doesn't mean it's ok to write a parser that > breaks in normal usage. > > For another example, take the current TCP port vulnerability of all > source servers (except recently patched TF2 servers). If my server > goes down to this attack, it is valve's fault. But, having known about > this exploit forever, it's also my fault for not setting up a simple > firewall rule to stop it. There are some situations where it can't be > stopped without giving up functionality. Again, this is valve's fault. > But it doesn't excuse having a firewall that does nothing about it and > causes my server to go down to script kiddies constantly. I would > still be inept. > > - Neph > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Ronny Schedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> If you want to interpret something, you need rules, in the real life and >> also in the computer world. If you cannot count on rules, you cannot >> interpret it with a program. The rule of a player information was: >> >> "name<id><steamid><team>" >> >> If Valve breaks this rule, you have to adjust, but there are possibilties >> were you cannot adjust, because when everything is allowed, there are no >> more rules. No rules, no way to interpret. >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
