Cheater: Hmm I got vac banned.. Valve: Yup, you need to buy another game.. Cheater: Ok Valve: More hats!
p.s. happy Christmas days -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Saul Rennison Sent: zaterdag 24 december 2011 22:09 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Don't agree with banning the credit card... Why the hell would they ban credit cards, to stop people... from rebuying games they've been banned from? Just think about what you just proposed. Banning credit cards: SO PEOPLE COULDN'T BUY THE GAMES. Kind regards, *Saul Rennison* On 24 December 2011 20:48, Kyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Not true about where the hackers are getting their accounts from. > > The average gamer is in their mid 30's, and is using a credit card to > purchase their new gaming accounts. > Banning the use of the credit card that was used to purchase the > account that was used to hack with, is the single most effective way > to prevent the hacker from simply using that card to buy a new account to hack with. > > Furthermore: Since the mac addresses of network hardware can be > spoofed, there is no way (that I'm aware of) to effectivly ban a > computer from steam, or any other gaming platform. The only real way > to effectivly keep hackers off of you're server, is to train you're > admins to detect them, and then harass the hacker so much, that they > quit you're server. Most hackers are stupid and do not even know how > to spoof their MAC address, so if you IP ban them, it may take them > days to get back on you're server, due to the fact that they also > probably use cable, and cannot simply release and quickly renew their IP address, unless it's dynamic. > > Then also use GeoIPlocation to check where that hacker was playing > from, and keep it in a database to compare with the next hacker, in > order to see if it may be the same player who was previously caught > hacking. Then use some sort of tool or plugin to notify server admins > that a player in the hacker database has entered the server, and too keep an eye on him. > > I run HL1 mods, and use HLTV to record demos of all players 24/7. > This will provide a good way of watching these hackers when you're not > on the server. > > Valve could easily come up with a solution that would make it very > hard for hackers, but it all comes down to $'s The thing is, when a > company starts buidling any game. SECURITY needs to be the upper most > important thing in their minds. > > There are so many bugs and glitches in both HLDS and SRCDS, that if > fixed could make it much easier for server admins to catch and deal with hackers. > > EXAMPLE: When running HLDS on any Linux platform and recording a game > demo while playing from a windows OS, the demos are corrupted when played back. > Valve still hasn't fixed that problem. > > Message: 4 >> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:32:25 -0800 (PST) >> From: Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <[email protected]> >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> <hlds_linux@list.**valvesoftware.com >> <[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] hlds_linux Digest, Vol 46, Issue 104 >> Message-ID: >> <1324755145.92060.**[email protected].**gq1.yahoo.com<13247 >> [email protected]> >> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Dont agree with banning the credit card, there is no use. Most just >> buy an account from some website. >> >> I'd be way more for a system where one could ban their COMPUTER that >> is used to cheat. So server admins can ban that. You wont see the >> hacker back then. The 5 dollar account that is bought is no counter vs a 500 dollar pc. >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux > <https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
