UKTerrorist

VALVe Anti-Cheat - Beta Security Modules

Posted by Blitz at 00:12 19/8/2002.

The following was sent out on the Half-Life Dedicated Server mailing list, by Eric Smith. Apparently they're in the process of testing out new security modules that detect all versions of OGC, and will report any cheats to the Valve 'ban-list'. Any server admins who want to take part in the beta test, read on:

"We're currently testing some beta security modules that catch all versions of OGC and will report detected cheaters to the ban list. We'll test the beta security modules over the weekend and release them next week if there are no problems.

If you'd like to help test the beta security modules, the information you need to know is listed below (the information below ONLY applies to servers that want to run the beta security modules).

1) This beta test is only for Counter-Strike servers...not Day of Defeat.

2) Anyone detected cheating during this beta test *may* get banned for it, but only for the duration of the beta test. This means if you test a cheat on your server while running the beta modules, you might find yourself banned from your own server. At the end of the beta test, we'll most likely clear the bans that were collected before releasing the modules publicly.

3) We're no longer using port 27013 for the ban list. You will now see traffic (in/out) on port 27011. This traffic is to/from the ban list server. Make sure you have this port open in your firewall.

4) The password for the beta modules is "vactest", so make sure you have...

-testmodule vactest

...in your command line and restart your server.

Let me know if you have any problems with these modules and we'll look into them right away. Thanks for helping out.