Than for the sake of security, you should remove -debug from your command
line until Valve gets this actually sorted out. These half assed patches
will not cut it anymore.

Kyle.

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]>wrote:

> As I just said, if a server has ever crashed (very likely), then there's a
> *
> debug.log* with the command-line in it. From that you would see *+exec
> lulz.cfg*. Even a console log will do...
>
> Thanks,
> - Saul.
>
>
> On 3 February 2010 16:50, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Should probably continue talking about this in the other topic, however I
> > believe .cfg files have been already blacklisted. If I'm wrong though, I
> > can't believe how useless this update would be. To protect yourself from
> > attacks all you need to do is firewall off your Rcon port and set every
> > folder read only besides your logs, downloads, and local database dirs.
> To
> > prevent downloads however the only real thing you can do is rename
> > server.cfg to lulz.cfg and add +exec lulz.cfg to your startup line.
> (Don't
> > use lulz, try some completely random file name).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kyle.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks. The release notes he posted did not mention .cfg files. I
> > > considered
> > > that the "GCF" could be a typo, but it wouldn't be a leap of faith to
> > think
> > > it was not.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Saul Rennison <
> [email protected]
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > *cfg/server.cfg*? I heard people put RCon in there. If you have your
> > RCon
> > > > in
> > > > command-line and the server has previously crashed, you can grab
> > > > *debug.log*,
> > > > which contains command-line.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > - Saul.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3 February 2010 16:06, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would have imagined that it would be the uploading of files that
> > > would
> > > > > allow someone to take control. Would you mind clarifying how
> > > downloading
> > > > > them is a risk?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:27 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Well, if you don't update, some day someone will join to your
> > server,
> > > > > > takes it under his controll by downloading some files, uploading
> > some
> > > > > > more and in the end might wipe out your whole server
> installation.
> > Go
> > > > > > figure.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -ics
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 3.2.2010 10:53, Alexander Lempe kirjoitti:
> > > > > > > Hi guys,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > sorry for this dumb questions, but what does it change exactly?
> > > What
> > > > > are
> > > > > > the benefits of the changes mentioned below?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Alex
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Datum: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:07:52 -0800
> > > > > > >> Von: Jason Ruymen<[email protected]>
> > > > > > >> An: \'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list\'<
> > > > > > [email protected]>, "\'
> [email protected]
> > > \'"<
> > > > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > >> Betreff: [hlds_linux] Counter-Strike: Source Update Available
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Updates to Counter-Strike: Source are now available.  Please
> run
> > > > > > >> hldsupdatetool to receive the update.  The specific changes
> > > include:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> - SMX, GCF, and SYS files cannot be downloaded
> > > > > > >> - Files whose extensions contain whitespace are not allowed to
> > be
> > > > > > >> downloaded
> > > > > > >> - Filenames that begin with path separators are not allowed to
> > be
> > > > > > >> downloaded
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Jason
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
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