fix the GUID issue please.

(bani) #1

^3PunkBuster Server: 8 0b374e473067c5269b829183e23735b5 {0/-1} “^7NAMESTEALERSLIKE” “24.130.218.195:12324”
^3PunkBuster Server: 9 81fc0afc35d68d0fe318b70088582a24 {0/-1} “^4JoE ^7=^2U^9S^1A^7=” “24.130.218.195:12324”
^3PunkBuster Server: 10 9381f3eea76231437d4a5853e57f5880 {0/-1} “^4JoE ^7=^2U^9S^1A^7=” “24.130.218.195:12326”
^3PunkBuster Server: 11 94f4c98c624e2593602b480f9f4564df {0/-1} “^4JoE ^7=^2U^9S^1A^7=” “24.130.218.195:12330”
^3PunkBuster Server: 12 3eed91bef7396c0d425e827eb4d39283 {0/-1} “^1DICK ^7Cheney” “24.130.218.195:12330”

this player boasted how easy it was to get around GUID banning by deleting the GUID and getting another one. pretty determined luser too.

at this point I firewalled out his IP.

fortunately he didnt go changing his IP. banning entire netblocks just punishes other innocent players on that network.

there are two ways to fix this:

  1. make sv_minguidage work. please.
  2. charge money for registered GUIDs and have a server cvar which only lets registered GUIDs connect.
(Sauron|EFG) #2
  1. use MAC address and/or other HW specific info as part of the GUID.
(bani) #3

mac addresses can be changed. there is no HW specific info that is reliable across machines or platforms.

and for machines with only dialup modem (or USB/PCI dsl modems) there is no mac address at all.

(LegoManser) #4

The last suggestion would never work. You would just see empty servers.
It has been like that with BarrysWorld, they launched a thing where you would have to pay to use their servers. The day it was launched, BarrysWorld died, some other company bought them some months ago. There was never anyone on the server, unless I asked people to join. (we had a channel for those who were registered)
Everyone thinks like this “Why pay for something I could get for free?”
Just going through the online registration is a pain in the ass. :slight_smile:

I’d rather just see some passworded servers where “known” people and people you trust could play. As admin you would be handing out the password and perhaps change it every month. Not sure if that would work either.

(bani) #5

but see, it would be an admin’s choice to enable it or not. if it didn’t work out, then no admins would enable it, right?

even sv_minguidage would only work so far. determined lusers could cook up a pile of guids and then let them ‘age’ for when they need them for abusing servers.

really, guid registration is the only way to keep abuse limited. it works well enough in rtcw…

(DG) #6

the guid system really needs something more reliable, as it stands its useless, and makes PB 90% useless. Its the opposite of rtcw - IP ban seems to be more effective than by guid.

I easily consider this the #1 issue for ET, although I beleive it is a Evenbalance issue, not SD afaik?