Re: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3

2011-11-08 Thread Nomaan Ahmad
I have been playing around with MW3 server, it seems like its a Windows Only release. There is limit of 18 slots on the dedicated server. I have installed it using hldsupdatetool like this: hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game modernwarfare3 -dir . I had to use Steam.dll from my steam folder

[hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3

2011-11-08 Thread buster_cool
hello, but ... what about the "no steam logon" error? i cant join my hosted server? i ask again, its possible atm to host servers? or not yet? i would be pleased if valve would give a comment? or someone else. iam not sure but yesterday evening there were no german mw3 server online? its a bug?

Re: [hlds_linux] STEAMAUTH Client received failure code 6 ??

2011-11-08 Thread Andrew
Russell, Saw the same thing happen on my server this evening. Lost every person with a failure code 6 and no steam logon. A few rejoined right away. Twice before I have seen it happen; the last time was a couple of months ago. I do not have any more information to share. My logs have no additiona

[hlds_linux] Something interesting about quickplay

2011-11-08 Thread E3pO
So i've noticed a few things and I have questions about them. - The server can be full from 8AM to around 10PM and then players start to just disconnect and then it's empty all night. - When I'm playing on the server it seems like more people join and stay online\connect via quickplay

Re: [hlds_linux] STEAMAUTH Client received failure code 6 ??

2011-11-08 Thread Russell Smith
This has happened on my server the past couple of nights now. Nearly everyone gets dropped simultaneously with: L 11/08/2011 - 21:24:24: STEAMAUTH: Client gutless66 received failure code 6 L 11/08/2011 - 21:24:24: "gutless66<664>" disconnected (reason "No Steam logon ") Occasionally one or two peo

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread gameadmin
It isn't - but if they had sufficient access to e.g. install vbulletin plugins/mods, they'd have user-level access to at least one physical server inside Valve. I have literally no idea how separated that box is from the rest of the steam systems. > -Original Message- > From: hlds_linux-b

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
I think it's way, way more likely that they gained access to an admin level account on the forum and setup the notice and such. But then again I'm also not on the panicky, jump-to-baseless speculation bandwagon and tend to stick with the more reasonable, rational answers. Either way, SPUF being do

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Nomaan Ahmad
Since when is vBulletin part of Steam systems? On 9 November 2011 04:07, wrote: > Probably, but I have to assume some people in my community match that > criteria. I also have to hold as a possibility that the attackers were > able > to leverage their exploitation of the forum system into some

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread gameadmin
Probably, but I have to assume some people in my community match that criteria. I also have to hold as a possibility that the attackers were able to leverage their exploitation of the forum system into some kind of possibly-successful intrusion into other parts of the steam system. > -Origina

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
If you have the same password for your Steam forum account, for your Steam login, and for the email address that Steam is tied to (and by proxy, the same email address on file on SPUF) then - and I'm just gonna say it - you probably deserve to have something bad like this happen so you wisen up to

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Nathan Radcliffe
And as I said: >> > Steamguard works great if >> > you have different passwords for your steam account and steam forums and >> > email, but I still know a lot of users both in gaming areas and real life >> > areas that use the same password for everything (despite how much I >> > discourage it).

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
Oh no, 1nsane, you left your Jump To Conclusions mat at home! On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:39 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, clearly it's a conspiracy. Valve must be completely compromised. > > Except I see hundreds (thousands?) of Valve TF2 servers in my server > browser. > > They are

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread 1nsane
Wow, clearly it's a conspiracy. Valve must be completely compromised. Except I see hundreds (thousands?) of Valve TF2 servers in my server browser. They are not down. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:12 PM, coffee problem wrote: > I wonder why the Valve TF2 servers themselves have been offline since >

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread coffee problem
I wonder why the Valve TF2 servers themselves have been offline since yesterday. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:09 PM, msleeper wrote: > As I said: > > > Assuming that your SPUF login and password is the same as your Steam > > login and password, 1.) that's not Valve's fault that you are > > literally

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
As I said: > Assuming that your SPUF login and password is the same as your Steam > login and password, 1.) that's not Valve's fault that you are > literally the worst at the password game, but 2.) it's only a problem > if you are in the 0.001% of people who don't use Steam Guard. So unless your

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Nathan Radcliffe
Feel free to suggest a better option. Should I ignore the still as yet unknown (and unconfirmed by the company) security breach that has rendered a major section of it's website offline for near on two days, or warn the several hundred of my users that they should look over their account and secur

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Jesse Porter
Don't sell yourself short. I'm pretty sure you'd find something to panic about anyway -- probably "they answered too fast, they're lying!" On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Necavi wrote: > There would be no, or at least much less cause to panic if we had any sort > of idea at all of what is goin

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Necavi
There would be no, or at least much less cause to panic if we had any sort of idea at all of what is going on, their reluctance to comment could very well mean anything, but in some ways I'm more inclined to think the worst of such a delay, not the best. -Original Message- From: hlds_linu

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
Yes, panicking and being reactionary is always the best course of action. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Nathan Radcliffe wrote: > Thinking the worst is the best thing to do in this situation.  Until Valve > release some indication of what account details (if any) have > been compromised it's ea

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Nathan Radcliffe
Thinking the worst is the best thing to do in this situation. Until Valve release some indication of what account details (if any) have been compromised it's easiest to assume all details have been, and advise all users to look over their account security. Steamguard works great if you have diffe

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread bottige...@gmail.com
This is related to server administration. Some people use Steam groups to make administrators. Many people are also running TF2 websites that use Steam openid, and if that is compromised, then impersonation can occur which results in scams. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM, msleeper wrote: > This

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread DontWannaName!
I think you are thinking the worst. All someone needs to post what they did is access to the VB admin CP which just requires an admin. My guess is it isnt as bad as people are making it out to be and right now everyone is speculating the worst. Just chill On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Nathan

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Nathan Radcliffe
Correct, but where else should it be posted? On the forums maybe? It's been nearly two days, and still no official press release. A few people have reported receiving spam emails and I've seen unconfirmed reports of password databases being leaked. I don't have much doubt that most people on thi

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread DontWannaName!
Looks like its disabled now... http://sourceop.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=90261&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75 On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, coffee problem wrote: > Unfortunately, they are probably going to just let it stay hacked. Since > they have said they aren't going

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread coffee problem
Unfortunately, they are probably going to just let it stay hacked. Since they have said they aren't going to chase the fake clients issue due to more bugs being introduced by patching against it, why bother with the forums? Fix one hole, someone finds another. Oh well, it was a good community whil

Re: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3

2011-11-08 Thread Taner Özsoy
Are Linux dedicated server files avaliable? I thought it was only available for Windows. 2011/11/8 Steven Hartland > restart the server, its a random error which usually just goes away. > - Original Message - From: > To: > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:18 PM > Subject: [hlds_

Re: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3

2011-11-08 Thread Steven Hartland
restart the server, its a random error which usually just goes away. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:18 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3 hello, i wanna start the server and got this error... Invalid server configuration - insufficient ups

[hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3

2011-11-08 Thread buster_cool
hello, i wanna start the server and got this error... Invalid server configuration - insufficient upstream bandwith 0 kbps for 18 clients. Minimum 56 kps required. what can i do? its no possible to host servers atm? -peter -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen

Re: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3 HLDSUpdateTool

2011-11-08 Thread Nomaan Ahmad
Try running the update again. On 8 November 2011 20:55, William Balkcom wrote: > It seems they have begun to load modern warfare 3 on the hldsupdate tool, > but it doesn't seem to be complete: > > > > No installation record found at modernwarfare3 > > Checking/Installing 'Call of Duty Modern War

Re: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3 HLDSUpdateTool

2011-11-08 Thread Steven Hartland
As this is the linux list, is this under Linux? If so then that may be the issue, try windows as I believe its a windows only server. Regards Steve - Original Message - From: "William Balkcom" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:55 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3 H

[hlds_linux] Modern Warfare 3 HLDSUpdateTool

2011-11-08 Thread William Balkcom
It seems they have begun to load modern warfare 3 on the hldsupdate tool, but it doesn't seem to be complete: No installation record found at modernwarfare3 Checking/Installing 'Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 DS Binaries' version 1 2.17% downloading modernwarfare3\players2\ctf_default.dsr

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
Assuming that your SPUF login and password is the same as your Steam login and password, 1.) that's not Valve's fault that you are literally the worst at the password game, but 2.) it's only a problem if you are in the 0.001% of people who don't use Steam Guard. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Flu

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Flubber
Server being linked to Steam Account, i'd say it's linked somehow. 2011/11/8 msleeper > This is not relevant to server administration. > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, m33crob wrote: > > Hello Valve, > > > > I'd like to request notification via these mailing lists once/if Valve > > makes a

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread msleeper
This is not relevant to server administration. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, m33crob wrote: > Hello Valve, > >  I'd like to request notification via these mailing lists once/if Valve > makes a statement about todays security breach and subsequent downtime. > > http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/07/

Re: [hlds_linux] New exploit for the orangebox engine?

2011-11-08 Thread Ominous Gaming
On 11/8/2011 1:28 PM, Saul Rennison wrote: It's not fake guys, it would be perfectly possible to fake UDP packets coming from other clients (if you knew their IP address), and then just flood the server with requests that require reliable responses. Simple. Kind regards, *Saul Rennison* On 8

Re: [hlds_linux] New exploit for the orangebox engine?

2011-11-08 Thread Saul Rennison
It's not fake guys, it would be perfectly possible to fake UDP packets coming from other clients (if you knew their IP address), and then just flood the server with requests that require reliable responses. Simple. Kind regards, *Saul Rennison* On 8 November 2011 19:19, ics wrote: > My unders

Re: [hlds_linux] New exploit for the orangebox engine?

2011-11-08 Thread ics
My understanding is that this was fixed in the latest CS Source update. -ics 8.11.2011 20:14, Drogen Viech kirjoitti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9E7QipxFIA ^ Just seen this on youtube - it was uploaded today. Does anyone already know how to prevent this? __

[hlds_linux] New exploit for the orangebox engine?

2011-11-08 Thread Drogen Viech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9E7QipxFIA ^ Just seen this on youtube - it was uploaded today. Does anyone already know how to prevent this? ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftw

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Mart-Jan Reeuwijk
I do notice a load more spam since S: normally only 1-3 spam a day, now in just 8 hours already 20 on the email account related to my spuf account. > >From: DontWannaName! >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 16:1

Re: [hlds_linux] STEAMAUTH Client received failure code 6 ??

2011-11-08 Thread 정정훈
I think still no update from vavle. even after 11.08 update >Tab crashing bug is still affecting players fyi. Hit me 3 times in a row >last night before I said screw it yet again, server console did not show >anything, even a client disconnected message. >On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Kyle Sander

Re: [hlds_linux] Any news on SFTP support.

2011-11-08 Thread Björn Rohlén
... Or use sshfs -TheG On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jack Dunn wrote: > Assuming your using linux you could mount the sftp server as a folder and > then just point srcds to that locally. > > On 8 November 2011 13:30, Michael wrote: > > > Is there any news on the ftp offload features for repl

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread DontWannaName!
Lol please stop making terrible excuses to connect any Steam issue with the forum issue. They are completely unrelated. You need to contact support. Everyone else just needs to be patient with the forums. They probably don't want it to happen again so it's going to take time. Sent from my iPhon

Re: [hlds_linux] Any news on SFTP support.

2011-11-08 Thread Jack Dunn
Assuming your using linux you could mount the sftp server as a folder and then just point srcds to that locally. On 8 November 2011 13:30, Michael wrote: > Is there any news on the ftp offload features for replays supporting SFTP > connections? I ask because many of the host I work with and wher

[hlds_linux] Any news on SFTP support.

2011-11-08 Thread Michael
Is there any news on the ftp offload features for replays supporting SFTP connections? I ask because many of the host I work with and where most of my servers offload too are making a push to make all their servers PCI compliant in the next month. This means they will be shutting off access to norm

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Russell Smith
Haven't been able to add any funds to my Steam Wallet all night for the TF2 store. Get a CC declined message almost instantly when going through Firefox. If I try in game the page just errors out after trying to load for 20 seconds or so. Might be related. On 11/7/2011 10:14 PM, Richard Gro

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread James Botting
Well, vBulletin keep their 3.x series up to date with critical bug fixes as far as I am aware. Since 4.x is both expensive to upgrade to and still in its early years. Though I do believe 3.8.7 is out of date for the 3.x series. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:33 AM, dmex wrote: > You'll probably find t

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread dmex
You'll probably find the breach was the result of Valve using an out-dated version of vBulletin (3.8.7) for their forums when the latest version is 4.1.7. A search for vBullitin 3.8.7 exploit returns quite a few things. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [

Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach

2011-11-08 Thread Emil Larsson
Indeed, as far I heard the forums are on a wholly separate server, the forums and the TF2 wiki share servers but is otherwise separated from rest of Steam. Would like a word about the reach of damage and vaguely how the breach was done though. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Richard GrosJean wro