14-11-2008, 12:57 AM
sorry for the 6-month bump, but I have some pretty good ideas for improvement:
if you used a code generator such as:
((version * subversion / revision) * day * week / month) / variable
(random * / + etc)
variable is sent by the server on attempt at login, the server stores the outcome it should receive back, and if the number from the client is different then it kicks them
obviously use a different combination for each version and revision of your game so the script kiddies really have to work to get their number, and since the variable is random from the server it just gives them more problems... if you make it take more than 1 minute's work then they'll get bored and move on normally
what you think? obviously I haven't put the code in here 'cos it's only a theory I have at the moment
of course there's a slight flaw, with the date possibly being different in different places, but you can see where i'm coming from, maybe just the full version number should be used?
if you used a code generator such as:
((version * subversion / revision) * day * week / month) / variable
(random * / + etc)
variable is sent by the server on attempt at login, the server stores the outcome it should receive back, and if the number from the client is different then it kicks them
obviously use a different combination for each version and revision of your game so the script kiddies really have to work to get their number, and since the variable is random from the server it just gives them more problems... if you make it take more than 1 minute's work then they'll get bored and move on normally
what you think? obviously I haven't put the code in here 'cos it's only a theory I have at the moment
of course there's a slight flaw, with the date possibly being different in different places, but you can see where i'm coming from, maybe just the full version number should be used?