[cod] help

Kjell Munkestam kjell.munkestam at telia.com
Sat Jan 30 12:12:53 EST 2010 

Sad, I knew that there wouldn't be any SDK. Marcus Nilsson (Sr Producer)
explained at DreamHack that the current version of the Frostbite engine used
for BC2 is not in a state so they could easily add public SDK tools.

But no public unranked servers is truly a let down :(

~SgtBilko

-----Original Message-----
From: James Landi [mailto:jim at landi.net] 
Sent: den 30 januari 2010 14:05
To: Call of Duty server admin list.
Subject: Re: [cod] help


As of today, Gordan Van Dyke from Dice/EA said there will be no public 
server files (ranked or unranked) as well as mod tools for BC2.

I think this game could have been a run away hit if these two options 
where in the box upon release.

Jim Landi
Rudedog
FPSadmin.com
Microsoft MVP, Games for Windows 2009. 2010




On 1/30/10 7:50 AM, Kjell Munkestam wrote:
> Is that confirmed?
>
> All I know is that there will not be any ranked dedicated server 
> except from legit game server providers. That is the same concept they 
> had with BF2. However I've heard nothing about privately run unranked 
> servers. I guess we will not know until March.
>
> At least it's rentable dedicated servers as compared to MW2 IW-NET P2P 
> fiasco.
>
> ~SgtBilko
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyson [mailto:twisted at twistedgamingservice.com]
> Sent: den 30 januari 2010 01:07
> To: 'Call of Duty server admin list.'
> Subject: Re: [cod] help
>
>
> I can't say where I got my info, but EA chest pounding about 
> supporting Dedicated Serves is just that.
>
> I already know there will be no Linux version and with the route BFBC2 
> went I'm pretty sure EA will take same route with BF3. Two very 
> anticipated games did it, one succeeded already for the most part in 
> the big wigs eyes. If BFBC2 scores anywhere what BF2 did in Sales you 
> can bet EA will consider very hard taking same or more extreme route 
> with BF3.
>
> I just simply will not be forced into the same artificial markets they 
> created for Consoles to get more then the initial $50-60 dollars from 
> the game.
>
> I want new games, but not at the cost of fragmenting our gaming 
> community's to the 8 or 16 that will fit on their crappy listen 
> servers.
>
> Tyson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wokka at justfamily.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:48 PM
> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
> Subject: Re: [cod] help
>
> I'm with you Tyson, I'm on a personal boycott of any developers that 
> are removing the very thing that made this genre big.
>
> Is Valve the only one that is going to keep supporting their community 
> the right way?
>
> I hope that EA does BF3 right, but I don't have high hopes.
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM, 
> Tyson<twisted at twistedgamingservice.com>
> wrote:
>    
>> You don't read the gaming sites much do you?
>>
>> There will be no public dedicated server, only select partners will 
>> get access to the dedicated servers in the name of "Security".
>>
>> I canceled my preorder of this game also.
>>
>> Tyson
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: david.lauriou at wanadoo.fr [mailto:david.lauriou at wanadoo.fr]
>> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:23 PM
>> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>> Subject: Re: [cod] help
>>
>> where can i find BFBC2 dedicated server ?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "River Hosting - Info"<info at riverhosting.nl>
>> To: "'Call of Duty server admin list.'"<cod at icculus.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [cod] help
>>
>>
>>      
>>> All you need is right here 
>>> http://www.fpsadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11777.
>>>
>>> Met vriendelijke groet,
>>> With kind regards,
>>>
>>> Julian Maartens
>>> River Hosting
>>>
>>> info at riverhosting.nl
>>> http://www.riverhosting.nl
>>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: Bong-Master [mailto:bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk]
>>> Verzonden: maandag 25 januari 2010 12:03
>>> Aan: Call of Duty server admin list.
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [cod] help
>>>
>>> My computer illiterate wife said 1.3 will fix this.
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "pet"<games at maxrate.pl>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:53 AM
>>> To: "Call of Duty server admin list."<cod at icculus.org>
>>> Subject: [cod] help
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi all members
>>>>
>>>> I have problems with crazy hackers which hacks my servers all the 
>>>> time.
>>>>          
> I
>    
>>>> mean call of duty 2 1.0. I know that You will say, change into 1.3, 
>>>> but this is not the solution. Couple times a day somebody hacks my 
>>>> server
>>>>          
> and
>    
>>>> its shutdown, after that I see in console "ERROR: Attempted to 
>>>> overrun string in call to va()".  How can I secure my server 
>>>> against this
>>>>          
> suckers
>    
>>>> which have nothing better to do with theirs empty brains. Please 
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Pet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "va() is a function of the Quake 3 engine used to quickly build 
>>>> strings using snprintf and a static destination buffer. Read more
>>>> on: : i3D.net Game Forums
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>        
>>      
> http://forum.i3d.net/call-duty-series-newsletter/48158-cod-cod-ww-1024
> -bytes
>    
>>> -command-exploit.html
>>>        
>>>> If the generated string is longer than the available buffer the 
>>>> server shows an "Attempted to overrun string in call to va()" error 
>>>> and terminates. From Call of Duty 2 (and consequently) the size of 
>>>> this buffer has been reduced from the original 32000 bytes to only 
>>>> 1024 causing many problems to the admins.
>>>>
>>>> So in CoD5 an attacker which has joined the server can exploit this 
>>>> vulnerability through the sending of a command longer than 1024 
>>>> bytes causing the immediate termination of the server."
>>>>
>>>> I try it, and it works. I you send this command to the server, it 
>>>> will
>>>> crash:
>>>>
>>>> cmd aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> so
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