[bf1942] Tards to ban

[Casey Zacek]

CD keys should not be a problem.  It doesn't have to be the CD key
itself, even, but an ID of some sort generated from it (ala WONID for
half-life-based games).

Banning by MAC address is just as weak as IP address.  Actually, it's
worse because it wouldn't work.  My server doesn't know your client
machine's MAC address.  It's too many hops away.  A server only knows
the MACs of itself, its gateway, and anything that has broadcasted
traffic to it (or is close enough to via subnets).

Steve Getman wrote (at Fri, May 30, 2003 at 12:19:05PM -0400):
> Question is, does the CD Key actually get sent to the server?  My guess
> would be that it is not.  Having it sent may not be a good idea either
> since it could theoretically be captured and used for pirated copies of
> the game.
> 
> An alternative way to handle bans might be to base them on MAC address. 
> These are unique per ethernet card so it wouldn't matter if the tard tried
> to change his ip.  The downside is that MAC addresses can be spoofed
> fairly easily by someone who knows how.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve Getman
> steve at lightcubed.com
> 
> 
> <quote who="Stewart, John">
> >
> > Aye; here's a me-too. CD-key bans are the only effective method...!
> >
> > johnS
> >
> 

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