[cod] help

lodscarecrow at cox.net lodscarecrow at cox.net
Sat Jan 30 14:07:43 EST 2010


Sad to see that they can take 2 of the biggest platforms out there and just ruin the community.

Whats the word of the game you all were looking at developing Rude Dog?
---- James Landi <jim at landi.net> wrote: 
> 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
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> so
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