Valve already added support for IPT ages ago, I believe the EResult is named HardwareNotCapableOfIPT = 67.
Support for VAC hardware based bans was added about a week before TF2 was released as F2P, I don't know of any instances where this has occurred yet but at account logon a unique hardware hash is transmitted along with your credentials and this was occurring a long time before SteamGuard was introduced. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Eid Sent: Sunday, 25 December 2011 10:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] hlds_linux Digest, Vol 46, Issue 104 http://ipt.intel.com/welcome.aspx Eventually, desktop computers will all have this sort of technology. Right now there are plans to have Steam Guard make use of IPT for protecting your Steam account. On the other hand, IPT can also be used to lock you out, I suppose. And I haven't looked up on it for a while now, but the last I remember was that this technology hadn't been "cracked" yet and couldn't be bypassed. I mean, you could build yourself onto a new platform to bypass any global bans, but who would go that far that often just to keep cheating? -Richard Eid On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 6:30 PM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24/12/2011 22:12, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hardware ban? How would that work, serial numbered and trackable >> computers? >> > > In summary, it wouldn't. > > > Instead of making cheating a user/admin issue, how about making it a >> developer >> issue and refusing to buy games that are easily hacked. >> > > Cheating is completely unrelated to pretty much any definition of the > word hacking. > > -- > Dan > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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
