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Quoted from reactioN

does this blocks ratehack / modified tcp.regs ?

– It currently does not fix any rate values but it would be technically possible.

what are tcp.regs?

i think he means tcp.reg

a registry file made for limiting upload bandwith id imagine, which u can set back to default after games i guess

Quoted from AnimaL

i think he means tcp.reg

a registry file made for limiting upload bandwith id imagine, which u can set back to default after games i guess

I think there is nothing a gsp can do against because it’s totally client based and does not use any ingame cvars.

Quoted from reactioN

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new ratehacks dont use ingame cvars aswell

so this will just block metamods or server side hacks wich are not even common at all

cba the effort

nice try tho

why do u even care, ur banned in all the leagues anyway

and thats obvious no ac plugin or app can deal with ppl who restrict bandwith inside os or even router

Quoted from Spike Himself

Surely all you’d need to do is chmod the addons folder?

No, as you can load a plugin from any folder on the server, and that’s mainly the problem. You need to protect all folders accessible by the user.

My question would be, how could a regular client tell that a server is a protected server?

A config that says “Server protection activated” wouldn’t exactly get my trust that a team were not using modified values on their server, and if nice-servers have an unprotected mode, what would be stopping a server admin from faking that a nice-server is a protected one, but disabling the protection and then modifying stuff.

Surely this protection would be to give confidence to the ‘away’ team, that the hosts of the server were not modifying cvars and shit, but if there is no way for the ‘away’ team to tell, then it’s the same as the ‘home’ team telling them that they haven’t modified any settings.

Quoted from AcidReniX

A config that says “Server protection activated” wouldn’t exactly get my trust that a team were not using modified values on their server

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but if there is no way for the ‘away’ team to tell, then it’s the same as the ‘home’ team telling them that they haven’t modified any settings.

These 2 points are pretty much the sole cause for 99.9% of credit card and identity theft worldwide. I don’t see why it would be any different in this case. Any sort of “central group who certify them” gives 2 massive problems. Either A) It increases the barrier of entry for running servers (i.e. increases cost to providers/anyone running their own servers to get “certified”) and B) If they just offer certification at cost (i.e. like SSL certificates now), all it means for cheaters is they need to pay a little more money. SOMEONE SOMEWHERE will find a way around it and make a mint off cheaters.

Ignoring this, I think in 2 years of comp TF2 I’ve only seen this happen once (and it was actually on our own server after forgetting to set sv_cheats 0 from the night before).