Richard Nelson wrote:
Hiding the cvar is not useful. If someone really wants to steal your bandwidth, they can use some external tool to see where the requests are going, so while it may stop the average player it won't stop anyone who actually wants to do this.
No, but it will stop *a lot* of other people.
Security through obscurity isn't usually a Good Idea.
As with any layer of security, 'one' alone isn't a good idea. But this is only one, and it's not bad idea at all.
I would say people with only FTP access should be allowed to use .htaccess
The last several posts tried to explain why .htaccess has nothing to offer in this subject. Protecting the server from itself doesn't help anyone. -- - m0gely http://quake2.telestream.com/ Q2 | Q3A | Counter-strike _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
