Hello, I've been having authentication problems for almost a year now, and I seriously cannot play Counter-Strike: Source; I have already sent an e-mail to the mailing list, but I couldn't get a definite answer on how to, or when this problem will be solved.
A user answered my thread couple months ago saying this: The way the old auth system used to work is that when a new client connected > to a game server, the GS would attempt to authenticate just that client > with > the steam backend. > > The new auth system works in a little different way. Instead of > authenticating just that single user, it will re-authenticate every user > already on the server in addition to the one that just joined. > > The network layout of the steam backend is a little complex, but to sum it > up there are seperate reverse proxy servers called CM or Connection > Masters. > There's something like 30-40 of these servers at any time, and everyone is > connected to one of them. These are the servers you communicate with when > you're connected to steam. > > The reason you see "no steam logon" for groups of clients and not the > entire > server is because one or two CMs went down, or otherwise disconnected the > clients that were connected to it. When the backend attempts to > reauthenticate all the clients on the server, it will drop the clients > which > lost connection to the CM with the "no steam logon" message, because that's > indeed what happened. They lost their connection to steam and aren't logged > on anymore. And here's my situation: Every time I go into Counter-Strike: Source, I go into a server and after playing for something like a minute or two, I get kicked for No-Steam Logon, plus, there's a bunch of logs showing on console saying it's not connected to steam. I seriously cannot play CS: S for over a year, something that I have paid. I have contacted support, and made threads on forums, but this is the only direct communication to any VALVe developer, besides I didn't get any proper answers. This is my desperate look for a solution, because on my end everything seems to be working, every test, and everything I have done has come inconclusive... Is it so hard to get a answer from a developer? _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
