Maybe a better way is then to slow 'm down. By only allowing family share to be given out a week after the last one.
and any vpn will slow their connection down, so high ping kickers should also be of some use. >________________________________ > From: Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> >To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list ><h...@list.valvesoftware.com>; Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ><hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>; csgo_serv...@list.valvesoftware.com; >alf...@valvesoftware.com >Cc: tri...@valvesoftware.com; mart...@valvesoftware.com; >valvelinuxt...@valvesoftware.com; chris...@valvesoftware.com; >steam3onc...@valvesoftware.com; ideassteampowe...@valvesoftware.com >Sent: Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 21:56 >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Family Sharing Ban Bypass. > > >The Steam Family Sharing Exploit is still a vivid problem CS:S, as it takes >roughly 90 seconds to connect to a new VPN Server, create a new Steam >account, and rejoin. I've re-banned the same griefer about 7 times now in >the last 19 minutes; they're pretty persistent. Please help everyone using >your products protect ourselves against this new `feature`. > >Thanks, >Kyle. > > > >On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Today, we're seeing a ton of banned, griefing players using VPNs and >> throw-away Steam accounts to bypass server bans. The problem already seems >> to be pretty widespread in CS:S. Considering this is the first weekend >> where the beta was opened up, it's only going to get worse. I'm sure this >> isn't isolated to CS:S, or my servers. There are many others running >> community servers, some probably not even using Source that are impacted by >> this. The native Steam Exploit seems to be getting abused quite heavily. >> >> The theoretical is now the present, >> Kyle. >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Jesse Oak <wazanato...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Every game copy should have an ID associated with it, this way an admin >>> can ban per copy of the game rather then player ID. It's bad enough right >>> now in TF2 and some of the Source mod games where a griefer can just >>> quickly make a new account and reset their IP address having this start to >>> happen in games like CSGO is going to be a major pain for admins. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:29 AM, Valentin G. <nextra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Banning by IP is useless for many countries. And if cheaters abuse the >>>> family sharing they will certainly go to the "lengths" of making a quick >>>> new dial-in to grab that new IP. >>>> >>>> I have already said this much on the Beta Forums, and fully agree with >>>> Kyle. This brings the TF2 F2P dilemma to every title. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Dominik Friedrichs <d...@forlix.org>wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2013/10/18 03:38, N-Gon wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I agree with Dog. >>>>>> However, I would also like to note that with SourceMod you could ban >>>>>> the >>>>>> users by IP. Sure they can change it, but most of the trolls are either >>>>>> too stupid to figure out how or too stupid to figure out how to do it >>>>>> quickly. Meaning you'd see the "repeat offender" now and then, but not >>>>>> enough to be too much of a nuisance. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to note that for broadband providers in my area it is quite >>>>> common to hand out a different IP on every dial in, while a connection >>>>> with >>>>> that same IP can be kept alive for 24 hours at maximum. Hence I would >>>>> never >>>>> bother to ban by IP if the ban is supposed to be longer than a few hours. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >visit: >https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux