I think you need to approach the gaming groups/communities that you normally find on your servers that also have their own resources and pool together at a level where you can somewhat trust the input. Our community did this under the WONID system and I really haven't bothered to pursue this lately due to other projects but the main idea is this:
Grab each server banned file Append/Sort (remove dups) Match against an exclusion list (locally maintained) & adjust if needed Upload to your server The exclusion list is somewhat important if you want to make sure certain people aren't ever banned on the home server, which is more of a community need than a server admin need. Giving someone a red flag when it happens isn't a bad idea if the communities are fairly tight, but you find that one of your people is banned elsewhere. "So Bob, what were you doing on xxxx that got you banned?" Anyhow, finding groups that have your same feelings about what is right, wrong, bannable, etc is hard sometimes, but worth it if the trust is there and you can reduce the smacktard population on your own server. - Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Napier, Kevin Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 6:31 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [hlds] Im getting tired of hackers. bingo. -----Original Message----- From: Ooks Server [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] Im getting tired of hackers. The problem with ban lists like this is that sooner or later it will be abused. Not all server admins are honest and ethical. So, I'm playing today, and this kid keeps beating me. He/she isn't cheating, they are just better then me. Since I run a server too, I'll just add this person to the global ban list bwahahahaha I'm not saying this is a bad idea, but how would you prevent this sort of thing from happening? There needs to be some way to trust those that add steam IDs to the list, and/or some way to verify that the people on the list really deserve to be there. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
