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diff --git a/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000823.html b/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000823.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..db00119c --- /dev/null +++ b/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000823.html @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question (probablyoff topic)</TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:miller%40nevrax.com"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000822.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="000826.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question (probablyoff topic)</H1> + <B>Daniel Miller</B> + <A HREF="mailto:miller%40nevrax.com" + TITLE="[Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question (probablyoff topic)">miller@nevrax.com</A><BR> + <I>Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:07:37 +0100</I> + <P><UL> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000822.html">[Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question (probably + off topic)</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000826.html">[Nel] peer to peer ?</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#823">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#823">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#823">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#823">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>At Nevrax our thoughts run as follows: + +Game clients are very easy to reverse engineer or hack on a PC. +Server/ Client data packets are even easier to hack. + +We assume that whether the source code for the client is open or closed, it +will inevitably be modified. + +The only way to avoid cheating is to take all game sensitive decisions +server-side and to treat client as a kind of dumb terminal. This has +implications throughout the game design. + +For instance, to avoid a hack from making invisible players visible, it is +up to the servers not to transmit update information for invisible players +to the clients. This means that invisible players can not make 3d-positional +noises as this would give an exploitable piece of information. + +The front end servers clearly have to be robust too which means that all +incoming data from the clients is treated with caution - packets containing +invalid data are simply ignored. + + +In a nutshell - we assume that servers are trustworthy and that clients are +not. + + +Daniel. + +-----Original Message----- +From: <A HREF="mailto:nel-admin@nevrax.org">nel-admin@nevrax.org</A> [mailto:<A HREF="mailto:nel-admin@nevrax.org">nel-admin@nevrax.org</A>]On Behalf Of +Vincent Caron +Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 7:13 PM +To: <A HREF="mailto:nel@nevrax.org">nel@nevrax.org</A> +Subject: Re: [Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question +(probablyoff topic) + + +There's a bit more than the 'security through obscurity' debate in this +question. It is actually more a question of trust, or if you prefer, +_what_ or _who_ needs to be secured ? The game ? The player moves ? The +server knowledge ? + +Eric S. Raymond (with a nice link to Carmack's tought about this) did a +nice essay, back to the time where 'cheating drivers' (making walls +transparent) were about to be unveiled for FPS games : + +<A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/quake-cheats.html">http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/quake-cheats.html</A> + + +_______________________________________________ +Nel mailing list +<A HREF="mailto:Nel@nevrax.org">Nel@nevrax.org</A> +<A HREF="http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/nel">http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/nel</A> + + +</pre> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000822.html">[Nel] open source MMORPG and hacks/cheats question (probably + off topic)</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000826.html">[Nel] peer to peer ?</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#823">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#823">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#823">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#823">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> +</body></html> |