[cod] help

DLinkOZ dlinkoz at oesm.org
Sun Jan 31 12:24:17 EST 2010 

Almost.  You could run the server, but only those in the GSP program could
run a ranked server and all the benefits that gave players.


-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Gerbrandt [mailto:gerbra at gotadsl.co.uk] 
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 11:18 AM
To: 'Call of Duty server admin list.'
Subject: Re: [cod] help

I never paid much attention on the BF dedicated servers, but wasn't that the
case since BF2?
Only "approved" GSP can host BF servers?

-----Original Message-----
From: James Landi [mailto:jim at landi.net]
Sent: 31 January 2010 15:03
To: Call of Duty server admin list.
Subject: Re: [cod] help

As far as I know EA/Dice are not taking on any more "Trusted" GSPs.   I 
guess they have enough.

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



On 1/31/10 10:01 AM, Christian Gerbrandt wrote:
> The servers are not "fake". They are just not available for download. 
> You need to contact EA/Dice in order to be accepted for their Ded. 
> Server Program.
> But the servers are also restricted in terms of what can be changed. 
> AFAIK no FTP access, ...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morpheus [mailto:morpheus at clantoc.org]
> Sent: 31 January 2010 09:56
> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
> Subject: Re: [cod] help
>
> Just a question regarding the "fake" dedicated server stuff that will 
> be available in BC2 : where will be located theses "servers" ?
>
> I hope that at least they put some infrastructure in each major 
> country/zone the game is sold in, because if, as a french gamer, I 
> have to connect to an american server, what means at least 160ms ping, 
> it won't be smarter than the crappy P2Pish MW2.
>
> PS : I'm not buying the game anyway, just as a sysadmin :D
>
> Le 30/01/2010 22:38, Tyson a écrit :
>    
>> I was referring to BF3 not BC2. BF3 will not have Linux servers. EA 
>> is going Windows only on all future releases.
>>
>> If they get away with what they are doing for BC2, they will 
>> certainly do it with BF3 and all that will be available is overpriced 
>> Windows based Ranked servers.
>>
>> They will force us into artificial markets just like they do on Consoles.
>> Future games will not be clan/community friendly at all.
>>
>> Tyson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Landi [mailto:jim at landi.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:05 AM
>> 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-102
>> 4
>> -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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