Hacker problem.

[Legacy_Starbridge]

               Alright.  Does someone have a good idea that I can lock my server up tight with?  Over the past week I have had some hacker take special intrest in my server and its really starting to annoy me and my players.  He some how manages to get some pretty powerful gear on his characters when he make them.  Immunities to all damage, and weapons that kill players in 1 hit, as well as an item that he used to crash my server.

I need something that will strip players of all gear when they joined the server with 0 exp, as well as strip all gear when clicking said portal to join the game.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               Persistent World Griefers
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Baragg]

               You using a local vault or server vault?
               
               

               
            

[Baaleos]

               Even with Server Vault, there are methods to hack ability scores etc

To remedy the solution on my old server,
I had to take note of starting stats of the player.
If they were an insane amount = Hacker - delete toon


On level up, if the difference between previous stat and the new stat, is over a threshold = possible hacker - move toon to hacked vault for admin inspection.

The only problem though, is that the method that these people use to alter their characters, exposes the servers to dangers such as crashes etc.
Servers are designed to parse character data from the client.
If the Character is malformed, it causes hiccups in the server.

Alot of the time, you will find that the hacker crashes your server accidentally, because he is just trying to hack his toon.
Not an excuse, I know.

The only way you can remedy this, is to ban the player via cdkey or player account ban.
This prevents them from getting to the character select screen, which is where your servers vulnerability begins.

Note - There are linux solutions to fix the instability / crash that hackers can exploit.
However its source code is under lock n key, as if it were to get out, it would pose great risk to the servers that use it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Xenovant]

                There are some filters for hacked items, like Moo's filter for example.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__Guile]

               I simply use scripting to find the cheaters & bad items on my server...

Scripting is the best way to catch & remove cheaters or bad items...

I don't risk it, other methods can be circumvented, you can't lie to scripting..

When they rest, check, they log on, check, when they level up, check..

Whenever they walk around, check...

I got cheaters in check..  =D
               
               

               

                     Modifié par _Guile, 21 mars 2011 - 07:00 .