I would like a better dedicated server program. If we could just REMOVE key linkage to dedicated servers, steam users, other dedicated
In continuation, this is a contributing factor in why this is happening. People are still at fault here (and the other being a hoax aswell being generating the last 3 characters of a key). Just make a variable for the host's BLID instead of forcing them to enter a key. Thats my 2 cents, i hope you consider my words.
Don't rely on an external service in the first place. There is no reason for Badspot to change anything because the current system is perfectly fine when it's not in use by idiots.
He needs to change something. There hasnt been a damn major change since the shaders update. There is
absolutly no reason why you should require a key/key.dat (which has been proven to be reverse engineered) to host a single server. Having no key has its benifits aswell (steam users, online hosts that dont have bl but want to host for others, ect).
What would you do in a simmilar situation as this where your key gets stolen? You are brushing off the fact that these hackers (or hoaxers) are the ones behind this, and its all on CBM. Making a completly secure system is extremely difficult to pull off, i probably could not do such myself.