Security is #1 priority at Valve! Oh..... wait... never mind. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Allan Button <[email protected]> wrote:
> The authoriztive place to edit your steam group is in the steam group > admin area. I don't see any reason why servers can be added outside of > this tool. > > If I where to design this, you'd add servers from the steam group > admin area. Either complex using 1 textfield per server, or just > having a textarea with 1 server per line. > > I can not change somebody elses steam group name, because I am not an > admin. Why should I be able to create fake clan servers and join them > to that steam group. > > Could you imagin if you set up your windows domain policy to be nice > and secure, then anybody could bring a laptop in an join it just > because they know you domain name? > > Not only is this anoying for server ops, it seems like a pretty big > hole in steam security. > > Sent from my mobile. > > On Jun 12, 2010, at 5:31 AM, "ics" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I see bunch of servers within my game too. Someone might think that > > it's > > a good thing because you have lots of servers to choose from. Sadly > > majority of them are running some mods which i do not want to see, > > like > > stats ingame for particular servers, some custom laser aims, more > > healthpacks and assisted gaming of some sort or insane playercounts. > > They also might run like crap. > > > > Better thing would be to allow only servers within certain IP- > > addresses > > to belong to the steamgroup. Those could be set on the steamgroup page > > by the owner. This way no one could cheat and take a look at server > > config. As far as i know, sv_steamgroup is public cvar if query is > > made > > on the server because it needs to be public. > > > > Another option would be to introduce blacklist to servers in L4D2 > > and in > > L4D if this change goes to there too. Just like there is with TF2. You > > could just blacklist the servers so you won't see the steamgroup ones > > that you don't want to and accidentally go play on them. > > > > -ics > > > > 12.6.2010 10:43, D3vilfish - Simiancage.org kirjoitti: > >> After numerous servers appearing in our steam group a while back, I > >> thought > >> sod them if valve won't fix it then you might as well join them > >> hence we > >> list a string of id's for steamgroups. > >> Valve could fix this with a simple code/password added to the > >> steamgroup > >> edit page(that only the admin can see and not published to the > >> public) and > >> games server config, as long as the 2 match then the server will be > >> listed > >> in that steamgroup ingame. > >> > >> Sourceop do a similar validation with their steamids for tf2items. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> DontWannaName! > >> Sent: 12 June 2010 01:31 > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released > >> > >> We have already been over this. Anyone can find the group ID. People > >> have found L4D2's game group ID and added it to every player in that > >> groups sees their servers. It almost makes the feature useless since > >> there will be 20 servers before the ones you want to see. > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Rick Payton<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> man I can see this being abused quick - wasn't there a way to find > >>> the > >>> Steam group ID? > >>> > >>> If so, is there any kind of protection against people putting the > >>> ID of > >>> groups that they shouldn't? If not, just ignore me as usual :P > >>> > >>> --mauirixxx > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> <SNIP> > >>> Server operators can set their server to be in multiple Steam > >>> groups by > >>> separating the id for each group by a comma. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> /// Zoid. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
