Every time you log into Steam, your hardware information (Hard drive, CD/DVD drive, motherboard, Windows CD Key, ...) is sent to the Steam servers, and they've been doing that for at least 6 months-1 year before TF2 went F2P.
2011/12/25 dmex <[email protected]> > 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 > -- Best regards, AnAkIn _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
