The netconport is mostly intended as a building block functionality. While it is convenient to telnet into it and issue commands, it's expected that tools will arise which use this basic socket functionality to implement monitoring and control tools, etc.
If you do want to interactively use it from across an insecure connection, you _can_ secure it by using ssh tunneling. -----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Love Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:31 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] kk rcon for l4d? or even from client console? Btw, the reason for creating a command console that works with telnet is because it's easy to program. Adding SSH overhead to the console interface would be potentially disastrous, and if you really need the encryption on top of it, I imagine you could probably use stunnel or something, and do appropriate firewall filtering. -Joe On Jan 16, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Crazy Canucks wrote: > Ok, I'm baffled. One of the first things I read when I started using > Linux three or four years ago now was, get rid of telnet because the > passwords and the datastream aren't encrypted, and use ssh. Why is > anyone still using telnet? Why the hell would anyone be creating a > new > command console for telnet? > > I apologize if this is just my ignorance speaking, but I'm curious. > > Cheers, Drek > > gamead...@127001.org wrote: >> I take it if you don't have ssh access you don't have access to the >> new >> telnet command console introduced for Linux in left4dead either? >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- >>> boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kevin J. Anderson >>> Sent: 15 January 2009 19:32 >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] kk rcon for l4d? or even from client >>> console? >>> >>> awesome! exactly what I was looking for. >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> Nephyrin Zey wrote: >>> >>>> I wrote a simple python script that implements RCON a while back >>>> that >>>> you're free to use: >>>> >>>> http://nemu.doublezen.net/cacti/scripts/rcon.py >>>> >>>> ./rcon.py 1.2.3.4 27015 MyPassword "sm_ban someguy 0" >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> - Neph >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> >>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> If you use the -window and -noborder commands on your client you >>>>> >>> won't have >>> >>>>> to wait for the long alt-tab. >>>>> >>>>> Just a suggestion. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Steven Sumichrast >>>>> >>> <packh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>>>> I'm in the same boat as him -- when I'm in a L4D game, I don't >>>>>> want >>>>>> >>> to >>> >>>>>> jump out to HLSW to kick someone -- I want to be able to boot >>>>>> >>> someone >>> >>>>>> from another fork from within the game -- there doesn't seem to >>>>>> be >>>>>> functionality for this. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Tom Richardson >>>>>> <tom.chi...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I was juuuust about to suggest HLSW when I spotted your last >>>>>>> line. >>>>>>> >>> Any >>> >>>>>>> reason you don't to use that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2009/1/15 Kevin J. Anderson <les...@counter-strike.net> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Forgive me if this has been discussed, however I searched the >>>>>>>> >>> list and >>> >>>>>>>> also google, to no avail. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How does one remote control their server when not connected? I >>>>>>>> >>> can't >>> >>>>>>>> seem to find a working/similar to kkrcon application, nor does >>>>>>>> >>> the >>> >>>>>>>> rcon_address client variable seem to work from inside l4d. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Basically I can only really control the server when actually >>>>>>>> >>> playing on >>> >>>>>>>> the server. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Im not really interested in hlsw either. 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