[hlds] Server Crash Prevention

2009-01-30 Thread Jeffrey Grant
I figured I'd tap the collective wisdom regarding the prevention of server crashes. As it stands for 'John Q Rando', a number of us don't have the resources to begin troubleshooting intermittent server crashes. Mani log files and mini dumps can take you so far, but the logs show nothing and the min

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Arg!
thanks for the heads up On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Olly wrote: > Ill never get over how cool those people look.. I just wish I could be like > them.. I mean, wow, they hacked your shit... DAYM > > 2009/1/31 o k > > > I have been having issues with the same guy... > > > > > > > > http

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Olly
Ill never get over how cool those people look.. I just wish I could be like them.. I mean, wow, they hacked your shit... DAYM 2009/1/31 o k > I have been having issues with the same guy... > > > > http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=676215 > > http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Chrisaste

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread o k
I have been having issues with the same guy... http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=676215 http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Chrisastercom L 01/25/2009 - 16:47:08: "Console<0>" say "HACKED BY CHRISASTER" Console: HACKED BY CHRISASTER L 01/25/2009 - 16:47:08: "Console<0>" say "HACKED BY C

[hlds] RSS for groups! Valve, you are awesome...this time.

2009-01-30 Thread Cc2iscooL
I just noticed this today while browsing the Steam community...but...wow. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Cc2iscooL/rss Sweet. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailm

Re: [hlds] [CSS] Rcon Hack designed for sv_cheats 1 servers works with cheats off

2009-01-30 Thread Jake E
Ok, thanks all. Rcon disabled -Jake On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Rickie McDonagh wrote: > Make sure you don't specify rcon_password "" as that makes it blank > > 2009/1/30 Jake E > > > I have es_tools v.420 > > > > So not defining "rcon_password" in the server.cfg disables rcon? > > > > O

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Nephyrin Zey
Ok, i have to mess with it more, i can confirm talking to many people who used rate 3 before the patch and didn't experience this, so i don't think it's directly rated to the 3 limit, but it may be. Valve halllppp On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:52 AM, "[ЯтR] The-/ wrote: > It is a error with

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread DontWannaName!
I dont think there is a way to stop the attacks because he uses a few commands and such. He also crashes the server before the server can tell him that he is banned. I think IP banning him may work? 86.3.49.194 He has a lot of steamids so a steam ban wont work, wont authenticate either. He isnt

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread [ЯтR] The-/
It is a error with sv_minrate not sv_maxrate, upon setting sv_minrate 0 you can set your client rate to anything you want (but also not force a minrate), sv_maxrate will still limit the max value to whatever you have set. AnAkIn . wrote: > VALVe added two new cvars with the last update, which

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Chris
ok, how to block this command? The sm command blocker plugin? On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Chad Austin wrote: > dsplittber...@gmail.com wrote: > > thank god he gave us the link to where we can buy these exploits :p > > ___ > > To unsubscribe, edit

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Chad Austin
dsplittber...@gmail.com wrote: > thank god he gave us the link to where we can buy these exploits :p > ___ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread DSplittberger
thank god he gave us the link to where we can buy these exploits :p ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread 1nsane
I remember the "physics_select" exploit from gmod. Far as I remember you had to execute the command while your id is still null which caused a crash or something along those lines. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Tony Paloma wrote: > Hello! > > Just got a mysterious crash on one of my servers ri

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread William Stillwell - KI4SWY
Actaully, just typing physics_select crashes the server @ the console.physics_select ./srcds_run: line 352: 23321 Segmentation fault  $HL_CMD Add "-debug" to the ./srcds_run command line to generate a debug.log to help with solving this problem Fri Jan 30 13:03:47 EST 2009: Server restart in

Re: [hlds] [CSS] Rcon Hack designed for sv_cheats 1 servers works with cheats off

2009-01-30 Thread Rickie McDonagh
Make sure you don't specify rcon_password "" as that makes it blank 2009/1/30 Jake E > I have es_tools v.420 > > So not defining "rcon_password" in the server.cfg disables rcon? > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:31 AM, bl4nk wrote: > > > Definitely a problem with es_tools. Make sure you have the ne

Re: [hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Neil Voutt
Interesting.. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Tony Paloma wrote: > Hello! > > Just got a mysterious crash on one of my servers right now! Luckily, I had > my debug log going. User was spamming chat: > > [01/30/09 11:07:57 AM] Command on client 10 Chrisaster STEAM_0:1:8368633: > [01/30/09 11:07:

Re: [hlds] [CSS] Rcon Hack designed for sv_cheats 1 servers works with cheats off

2009-01-30 Thread Jake E
I have es_tools v.420 So not defining "rcon_password" in the server.cfg disables rcon? On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:31 AM, bl4nk wrote: > Definitely a problem with es_tools. Make sure you have the newest > version of it in case it's just a problem with an outdated version. > > Cc2iscooL wrote: > >

[hlds] New srcds exploit

2009-01-30 Thread Tony Paloma
Hello! Just got a mysterious crash on one of my servers right now! Luckily, I had my debug log going. User was spamming chat: [01/30/09 11:07:57 AM] Command on client 10 Chrisaster STEAM_0:1:8368633: [01/30/09 11:07:57 AM] say www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=558846 [01/30/09 11:07:57 AM] Command o

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread AnAkIn .
VALVe added two new cvars with the last update, which are already in L4D engine, so you might want to check them: net_splitrate net_splitpacket_maxrate 2009/1/30 Chris > +1 to all of the above complaints. > > Valve, please fix++; > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Tony Paloma >wrote: > > > D

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Chris
+1 to all of the above complaints. Valve, please fix++; On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Tony Paloma wrote: > Doesn't change anything. Rate is still limited on the client to 30,000. You > see this when you query the value by typing rate in the player console. > > -Original Message- > Fro

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Tony Paloma
Doesn't change anything. Rate is still limited on the client to 30,000. You see this when you query the value by typing rate in the player console. -Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ronny Schedel Sent: Fri

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Ronny Schedel
Try sv_maxrate 0 > Ya, at least one of my servers had sv_maxrate 3 and it was better > before > the patch. It seems like in addition to making a max rate, they also > botched > something else up. > > -Original Message- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun.

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+ servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Tony Paloma
Ya, at least one of my servers had sv_maxrate 3 and it was better before the patch. It seems like in addition to making a max rate, they also botched something else up. -Original Message- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf O

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+ servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Ryan Mannion
I want to confirm that this patch has caused my 31-player servers to exhibit lag/warping players. All players can see the effects and are (understandably) very angry about it. net_graph 3 confirms frequent high choke values (40-60) when they're typically 0 prior to the patch. FWIW, my sv_maxrate wa

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+ servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Coldorak
I run a 27 players server (two hidden slots and sourcetv) and yesterday I thought it was me who was laggy, even with my great internet connection. So it would have been my TF2 server itself? Cold On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Nephyrin Zey wrote: > Well i've been looking at it, and the combine

Re: [hlds] New inexplicable rate restriction making 26x+ servers laggy.

2009-01-30 Thread Nephyrin Zey
Well i've been looking at it, and the combined in: and out: k/s rates never seen to hit 30... buuut, i'm getting a lot of 'faded' colors on the net graph and update rate is dropping way below 66 even though server is maintaining its FPS just fine. I'm assuming it's hitting its rate limit, but i co