NwN Server and security update

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               hey ya pstemarie, im a huge belieber.....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ultima03]

               And you are hysterical because I mentioned nwn traffic shut down. I wonder who cares the more for the pixel sword.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par ultima03, 09 janvier 2012 - 02:04 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_SHOVA]

               ultima03, all you have to do if you do not like what is here, is turn it off, log out of this site, and not return. That is not emotions, or hysterics, simple logic that you seem to not be able to grasp. Good luck with your future endeavors, may they be less frustrating for you, than you seem to demand.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ultima03]

               Now I'm frustrated.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WebShaman]

               Well, we are all frustrated, sure.  Patience is a virtue.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PlasmaJohn]

               Patience for what?

The Master Server is dead and gone.  The only thing EA could have possibly been liable for was access to the Premium Modules and that seems to have been taken care of.  Priestly's notes have been extremely vague about what exactly they're working on.  My guess is making the content of the old forums available again.

If you're that desperate for a replacement put some resources into this: 
http://www.nwnx.org/...opic.php?t=1810
               
               

               

                     Modifié par PlasmaJohn, 17 janvier 2012 - 04:07 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Bhryaen]

               I suppose I would be concerned about someone logging into my account and ruining things for me in my PW's... if there was anything to ruin. Perhaps if I were more involved in PW's I'd be more concerned. Besides the Funky fix that seems to have protected my +3 Pixel Sword on any server that employs it (employs the Funky fix, that is, not the +3 Pixel Sword), there just doesn't seem to be any imminent danger to worry about. Where is the mass impersonation, deleveling, etc., warned about? The opportunity for it has been present for quite a few months now without any such event on any noticeable scale. There is concern about what could happen, but not about what is happening. If every other time I logged in I found my account disrupted somehow and my PW involvement tampered with, I'd see the issue. But who is going to bother doing all that? Who is that invested in messing with other players' accounts? And they aren't... and in most cases can't anyway.

On the other hand, someone did bother disrupting NWN and NWN2's Master Server system, and I can't see what point there was in doing so. Was it a disgruntled hacker PKer who'd been outdone too many times on various NWN PW's and decided that the rest of us should suffer for it? My conspiracy theory might suspect some other online game developers hoping to cash in on defections from a crippled NWN- or a way for EA/Bioware to dishearten NWNers so as not to have their unprofitable concerns to address any longer... but I don't know.

It would be interesting to know just what Bioware is working on to restore the MS, however- i.e., why the delay. Perhaps there is good reason- like the hacker(s) did serious damage that is having to be sorted through piece by piece, line by line, to restore everyone's key authentication, or like the new MS under construction is being painstakingly protected against whatever deep exploit the hackers used to get in. That is, it would be good to know the delay isn't just a matter of sending the issue to the backburner indefinitely.

But if I'm annoyed at anyone it would be the one(s) that used hacking to disrupt online NWN, not Bioware for their lack of urgency to redress the online "security" of NWN (and NWN2 which isn't quite as old a game), particularly when one can indeed access servers online just as before and without any of the sky-is-falling fears we've seen articulated here... even though one must remain wary in online NWN of trolls "concernedly" lurking about there like a disconcerted Gollum, pleading that someone please stop them before they take advantage of others...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PlasmaJohn]

               

Bhryaen wrote...

It would be interesting to know just what Bioware is working on ...

The fact that many people continue to gloss over is that Bioware is now part of EA.  NWN is a product of Atari.  Anything that a Bioware employee may do for NWN is likely done on personal time. 

Coding a replacement is not the issue, operating it is.  If EA upper management was aware that Bioware was still operating the MS, it was likely with the proviso that they could continue to do so as long as it didn't impact the rest of the business.

Every world established long enough has had remove players.  A few of those react poorly and come back to cause trouble.  And there will always be that set of disturbed individuals who like nothing more than to cause problems.  Run a servervault server long enough and you will realize that you need to protect your vault.

The idea that the attack on nwn.bioware.com was motivated to drive the tiny NWN playerbase to another game is ludicrous.  No, that was some script kiddies getting off on the media attention.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Oclair Monanari]

               This whole disappearance of the master server is absurd.  Just turn it on....
You fracked our game Bioware, why should I trust you again?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN DM]

               

Oclair Monanari wrote...

This whole disappearance of the master server is absurd. Just turn it on....
You fracked our game Bioware, why should I trust you again?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lazarus Magni]

               

Oclair Monanari wrote...

This whole disappearance of the master server is absurd. Just turn it on....
You fracked our game Bioware, why should I trust you again?

Hey Oclair,
If your posting just as a protest, that is your right. I don't think anyone is happy about the MS being down except account jackers. But if your posting because you think having the MS down has killed a server you enjoy due to account hacking, you should direct the server aDMin to this:
http://social.biowar...9/index/7846801

One of the best things about nwn 1 has always been the community, and not supprisingly it came through again with a solution for this community problem.

Laz

P.S. My apologies Oclair, this was before I knew the whole scope of the issue.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 12 novembre 2012 - 05:12 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Irisiri]

               wtf bioware? is this real life? why is this happening to me? i feel funny??
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ultima03]

               Dude, I was really trollin' hard on this one. Takes some skills.


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msa down ROFL !
               
               

               

                     Modifié par ultima03, 27 janvier 2012 - 02:26 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Sethan_1]

               So, master server has been offline for just short of 9 months now.

Any word on what the status is, Bioware?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Melkior_King]

               What's it been now?  A year?  Must be close to that, but I haven't been counting.

So are we ever going to get the master server back?  If not, how about telling us so we can all update our hosts file to redirect the master server search to 0.0.0.0 and save the delay?