That's pointless, someone could make a a plugin to remove the notify flag. You should only trust servers that are hosted by leagues where no one has the rcon_password or any access to the machine. There are many other cvars that can be modified the same way and be used to cheat.
2015-05-19 14:41 GMT+01:00 Ross Bemrose <rbemr...@gmail.com>: > Either way, tf_backstab_detection_method should probably be flagged as > Notify so that all players are told when its value changes. > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:13 AM, N-Gon <ngongamedes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey, while we're on the subject of exploits I wanted to bring something > up. > > > > tf_backstab_detection_method > > > > Currently that cvar can be changed on the fly with just rcon access. > > It's not Cheat or Notify flagged. > > > > I've had reports from 3 different UGC Plat players who are highly > > suspicious of other teams using this on a toggle to allow their spies > easy > > facestabs when they need them. > > Adding a flag to this command will not harm anyone and it will be a load > > off the minds of the Comp players who have no way of proving this is > being > > done in official matches. > > > > I made a plugin that, among other things, flagged this thing is a cheat. > > It's a nice start but I can't force everyone to use my plugin. But if > Valve > > were to change this I wouldn't have to :) > > > > -Miggy > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Bruno Garcia <garcia.bru...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > "Fixed *crash* when getting a malformed KeyValues buffer" > > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:11 PM, N-Gon <ngongamedes...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Out of curiosity, what exactly did this do? > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Now that this exploit is public knowledge, any idea when we will > see > > > > > the remaining mainline Source Games updated? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Kyle. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Eric Smith < > er...@valvesoftware.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > We've released an optional update for Team Fortress 2. Dedicated > > > > servers > > > > > do not need to download the update but you can if you'd like. The > > note > > > > for > > > > > the update is below. The updated version is 2771145. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > - Fixed crash when getting a malformed KeyValues buffer (thanks > to > > > > > Nathaniel Theis for the report) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Ross Bemrose > _______________________________________________ > 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
