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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought you guy's would like this, if you have
not seen it yet...</FONT></DIV>
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<TD class=quote>"The cost of hacking on PunkBuster servers has just gone
up significantly. <BR><BR>PunkBuster now computes Hardware GUIDs for
various pieces of hardware on players' systems while playing on PunkBuster
servers. We use multiple private one-way hashes so that no serial number
information for individual computers can be determined by admins or anyone
else who may try to obtain this information from a Hardware GUID (and as
always, no personal information of any kind is examined, stored or
transmitted by PunkBuster). <BR><BR>When players raise a violation that
corresponds to hacking or interfering with PunkBuster's normal operation,
we now (in addition to Global PB GUID bans) are Globally banning the new
Hardware GUIDs across all games supported by PunkBuster (including games
supported in the future.) So punks who are... <BR>...determined to cheat
so badly on PB-enabled servers that they try to hack PunkBuster may now
need a new computer in addition to a new cdkey in order to return to
PunkBuster servers. <BR><BR>As with previous PB GUID Global bans, the new
Hardware GUID bans are permanent and will not be lifted. As always,
players who are affected by these Global bans will still be able to play
on non-PB servers. <BR><BR>Honest users should never "test" hacks that
claim to interfere with PunkBuster. <BR><BR>We have successfully tested
this new feature set over the past few weeks for a few supported games and
will be rolling it out to all supported games over the next few days and
weeks. Additionally, PunkBuster servers will be updated to signify whether
kicks for Global bans are for PB GUIDs or the new Hardware GUIDs."
<BR><BR>Read more about Punk Buster anti cheat software at <A
href="http://www.evenbalance.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.EvenBalance.com</A>
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