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I'd classify carpetbanning as a Denial of Service attack
Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Axolotl on September 01, 2012, 11:24:07 PM ---The ban-warning packets are probably sent compressed.
Imagine that ^ was a seperator parsed by the master server, and that the second 1 is a bit for BL_ID banning (0 would be IP banning)
Like: 7EB8^1^3F34^-1^Bye bye, and hope you stay permabanned!
That string sizes to about 50 bytes on ANSI coding, but the hex parts and the numbers would probably be raw hex.
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What does this have to do with the master server?
Axolotl:
--- Quote from: Kalphiter on September 01, 2012, 11:30:35 PM ---What does this have to do with the master server?
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the fact that plain text uses a small amount of resources
Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Axolotl on September 01, 2012, 11:40:36 PM ---the fact that plain text uses a small amount of resources
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But those are bans, what does that have to do with the master server?
Tonkka:
I like your "dumbasses" list. No sarcasm here.
Mr.Noßody:
This is exactly why I don't give random people Admin.
Putting a cap on something because it's possible to abuse makes the game seem 'child locked'.
The point where customization is cut for idiot proofing is where I draw the line.