Ugh, privacy/anonymity. Maybe not at ISP level, but still.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Bajdechi "Nightbox" Alexandru <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Imo Dynamic IPs should be banned. Who had this terrible idea to invent them
> ?
>
> 2010/8/14 Allan Button <[email protected]>
>
> > Combine that steam ID changer with dynamic ip Internet service, and you
> > will have some long sleepless nights.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 2010-08-14, at 8:31 AM, Eric Riemers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I hate to go ban every ip instead of steamid. I'll instruct the admins
> to
> > > take a look at this. Pretty annoying since the ingame menu usually bans
> > the
> > > steamid and not the ip. They always seem to crawl out at night when
> there
> > is
> > > almost no admin online.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle
> > > Sanderson
> > > Sent: zaterdag 14 augustus 2010 13:19
> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] STEAM_0:0:1
> > >
> > > Simple google search reveals:
> > > http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=265369
> > >
> > > Image of the application:
> > > http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4663/serenityclient.png
> > >
> > > They're selling slots at unbeatable prices! All you want trolling for
> one
> > > easy payment of $50 for 5 months of access!
> > >
> > > Quote from the forums:
> > > [quote='hav0k' pid='2565535' dateline='1266110769'] LOL I wanna get
> 0:0:1
> > > [/quote] - There is an Alfred wanna be already!
> > >
> > > It's rather disappointing to see this game out for over 5 years, and
> > clients
> > > can still freely set their SteamID (Along with HL1, which has been out
> > for
> > > well over 10). Along with maliciously attack servers flooding commands,
> > or
> > > simple Denial of Service attacks using 5kb/s of bandwidth, but can
> bring
> > the
> > > servers CPU to its knees. What's even worse is Valve not even
> addressing
> > > these as issues, it's completely asinine.
> > >
> > > COMPLETELY UNRELATED | Personal Experience | Ranting | Speculation: So
> I
> > was
> > > running SRCDS as root (bad, I know). Just before we were about to swap
> > the
> > > IP addresses with the DC, someone had formatted the box for us. Since
> > SRCDS
> > > was the only program running as root... I can only draw one conclusion.
> > In
> > > the end we only lost one L4D and one TF2 server (both of which have not
> > been
> > > brought back up since), however if we were not in the process of
> moving,
> > > that could have been catastrophic. Since then there have been multiple
> > > extensions have been blacklisted. Why on earth not create a whitelist?
> I
> > > have a white list of good cvars/commands and the rest have cheats set.
> I
> > > honestly cannot understand the reasoning behind not doing this.
> However,
> > > this is just flogging a dead horse to be honest, the exploit is
> terribly
> > old
> > > and first showed itself in 04 when the game was released. It would be
> > nice
> > > to have some protection though, instead of relying on numerous
> > > extensions/plugins.
> > >
> > > As always, I've seemed to have taken the topic in another direction.
> > > However, all of these exploits are monumental, and can cause
> catastrophic
> > > damage to the server if used maliciously. Just like client plugins,
> > > something needs to be done.
> > > Kyle.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:59 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Apparently there is some sort of things going on. Found this
> > >> http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=962042
> > >>
> > >> Perhaps someone has found a way to make it work on TF2 and other
> > >> Source games. Propably some sort of LUA thing again, with clientside
> > > plugins.
> > >>
> > >> -ics
> > >>
> > >> 14.8.2010 6:12, Kyle Sanderson kirjoitti:
> > >>
> > >> Alfred is quite the troll, apparently.
> > >>>
> > >>> In all seriousness though, it isn't difficult at all to change a
> > >>> clients SteamID server side. It would not surprise me if this exploit
> > >>> still exists, I know this still exists in HL1 (as of 2009, that is).
> > >>> Just look at file Downloads/Uploads(deletions), they are still an
> > >>> issue to this day.
> > >>>
> > >>> It's just sad,
> > >>> Kyle.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:01 PM,
> > >>> DontWannaName!<[email protected]
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> VAC Banned says This SC ID does not match any Steam account.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:51 PM, ics<[email protected]>  wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Heh, steam 0:0:1 belongs to valve folks so either you pranked
> > >>>>> somehow or the old trick has resurfaced, which allows somehow
> > >>>>> player to change the steamid he uses. This was happening last time
> > >>>>> around 6 years ago when CS Source came out. Someone should look
> > >>>>> into this @ Valve before it spreads.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> -ics
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 14.8.2010 5:41, Eric Riemers kirjoitti:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> All,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I might not be up to date, but tonight i had a mic spammer. So I
> > >>>>>> kicked him, came back ofcourse, banned him.. then still came back,
> > >>>>>> then did some speedhacks. (we use sourcebans btw)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> When I did a "status" in my console to get the steamid it was
> > >>>>>> "STEAM_0:0:1"
> > >>>>>> thats also the id sourcebans tried to ban him for. He also came
> > >>>>>> back
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>> with
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> something like "STEAM_0:1:0", in the end I just banned his ip
> > >>>>>> (84.74.29.218)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Seen something familiar like this?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> See the stats as example
> > >>>>>>
> http://stats.lethal-zone.eu/hlstats.php?mode=playerinfo&player=486
> > >>>>>> 342
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> http://stats.lethal-zone.eu/hlstats.php?mode=playerinfo&player=486
> > >>>>>> 344
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> (trying google with those steam id's didn't actually show up what
> > >>>>>> I
> > >>>>>> wanted)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Eric
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
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