[bf1942] the pure / unpure server issue - need clarification

[[ocnz] L3_dOg]

okay ..dices current checks [ 1.31 ] are at the.. archives directory at 
present..objects rfa etc
there is also a line in the map init .. most mappers remove this as there 
has been the odd load problem with servers
all mods presently running from the mods folder use added lines to the 
init.con so this will be added to the crc check no question..we already know 
this from the leaked patch ..IE: the problems some are having with altered 
init.cons as the date changes in the document..
the only exception is running modifications from within the map itself ALA 
coral_sea using the "run command"
however ..as andeas points out ..we may be able to generate a crc for 
altered maps of that nature as well...

............................................L3_dOg..................................................................................
>From: --=*dD*|Campino=-- <campino at divine-devils.de>
>Reply-To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>To: Kenneth Porter <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>Subject: Re[4]: [bf1942] the pure / unpure server issue - need 
>clarification
>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:39:49 +0600
>
>Hello Kenneth,
>
>Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 4:27:25 AM, you wrote:
>
>KP> I'm wondering about the init.con thing. That's a text config file and I
>KP> suspect it's not part of the CRC checking, just as, say, the video 
>config file
>KP> wouldn't be. I'd expect that only the binary files get checked. But the 
>list
>KP> of files to check would be gated by the contents of the config files, 
>so if
>KP> they requested the loading of additional binary files not included in 
>the CRC
>KP> list, the CRC check would fail.
>
>I think that the init.con HAS TO BE checked as it is the place to load
>modifications. If it won't get checked it's easy for people loading
>"hacks" and "cheats" that aren't in the BF directory....
>
>KP> BTW, when does the check happen, and is it of the files or of the 
>memory they
>KP> occupy? Is anything being done to periodically verify the integrity of 
>memory,
>KP> to protect the client from "live patch" programs?
>
>The files should get checked periodically during a map to prevent people
>installing "hacks" and "cheats" AFTER they connectet to a specific
>server
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