Mana 3,867 #1 Posted April 29, 2008 1) The first exploit which crashes a server can be initiated by ANYONE by typing "sv_benchmark_force_start" in the console. It creates bots and then crashes the server. Neph and now others have made a fix for this today. As it became public knowledge yesterday as opposed to being "private" ever since TF2 came out. 2) The other exploit is using a program that floods the server's rcon port with random text data repeatedly and as such makes it all lag. The first exploit has been fixed already by plugins (which we have running). The other one will have to be fixed by Valve/Firewall rules. If anyone sees #2 happening (meaning everyone in the server lagging) then be sure to contact me and post in this thread. That is all. Guess the update is now coming NEXT week :/. Although the fix for #1 is as simple as changing a FLAG on a CVAR and it will take Valve a while to fix #2. So maybe we will see the update this week after all... Unless Gabe uses this as an opportunity to play some more WOW... I mean fix stuff.. Here's how Voogru is handling this: http://www.voogru.com/?v=v Anyone who types the command gets ban hammred. Aww so nice . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doxt 1 #2 Posted April 29, 2008 Did you hear it was next week somewhere or do you just think it'll take longer because of these exploits? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mana 3,867 #3 Posted April 29, 2008 Did you hear it was next week somewhere or do you just think it'll take longer because of these exploits? 5093[/snapback] http://neowin.net/news/gamers/08/04/27/tea...ress-2-goldrush The update will be released this Tuesday, April 29th. And Valve isn't talkative about these exploits... So it's looking pretty grim. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
