[bf1942] BF remote console port communication

[Kevin Lockitt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: oblio [mailto:jjlupa at lupavista.jamdata.net] 
> Sent: Friday, 31 January 2003 1:18
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] BF remote console port communication
> 
> 
> This is kind of OT, but at least I can give some solid 
> information here.
> 
> I've recently spent a lot of time on this trying to build "a 
> better logger".
> 
> BFRemoteManager (from black bag ops) communicates with the 
> server using regular old gamespy protocol. \\status\\, etc. 
> You can write a 4 line perl program to get this data back. 
> Things like AllSeeingEye work this way too.

Not quite my friend, you can't remote control a server using a server
browser protocol... :)

> 
> BF1942 communicates with the server using a combination of 
> gamespy, and its proprietary protocol (over UDP 4711 I 
> think).  The proprietary protocol is intentially obfuscated 
> and potentially encrypted.  No plaintext goes over it at all, 
> and I have heard no talk about cracking it- (I don't want to 
> crack it- I just want to know what names correspond to which 
> IPs, which gamespy won't tell you).
> 
> The RemoteConsole uses the proprietary protocol too. :(

The console protocol is neither obfuscated nor encrypted and is so
simple that anyone with a packet sniffer and a penchant for puzzles
could work it out in an hour. I'm talking from experience here.

> 
> 
> AFAICT, BFRemoteManager runs RemoteConsole and overrides the 
> IO handles.  It then constantly runs game.listPlayers to get 
> IP addresses, and internally correlates them with the gamespy data.

You underestimate me my friend. BFRM talks directly with the server
using the console protocol.

> 
> Because there is no linux version of RemoteConsole, I'm going 
> to have to do the same thing myself in win32 :(.
> 
> 
> So, in summary, I want a linux version of RemoteConsole.

This won't work so don't even try it. I can provide a Linux version of
RemoteConsole.exe in the event that Ryan doesn't plan on including one
in the final release of the Linux ded server.

> 
> :)
> 
> -Jonathan

Kevin Lockitt

kevin at blackbagops.com
www.blackbagops.com