Add a ConVar: *sv_maxuploadsize*, default to something like 2048 bytes, and restrict uploads to 1 per steam ID. Whitelist extensions: DAT, VTF and VMT, all downloads MUST go in the *downloads* folder on the server.
Oh wow I fixed the problem and I can probably do all of that with a class and about 5 lines. Thanks, - Saul. 2009/12/8 Majic <[email protected]> > Hmm... if we could set an upload limit or some sort of check to make > sure that everything uploaded is different from what came before it so > people can't spam the same data... and then validate that it can be > used somewhere, that it's not just random 1s and 0s... Blah complex > problem is complex. Blacklisting extensions does sound like a poor > quick fix though. :\ > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Kerry Dorsey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > They wouldn't want to block future dynamic ad content now would they? ;) > > > > --Kerry > > > > On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Brian Rak wrote: > > > >> Why does this keep getting patched by just blacklisting extensions? > >> At > >> what point are you just going to restrict uploads to the sprays > >> directory, and downloads to a known WHITELIST of file extensions > >> used by > >> the game (vdf, vtf, etc)? Even with the new TF2 patch, I can just > >> spam > >> say .1 files to the server long enough, and fill up it's hard drive. > >> What's stopping valve from fixing this properly? Nothing I know of > >> relies on this functionality to do anything else. > >> > >> -Brian "devicenull" Rak > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
