If you set sv_allowdownload &quot;0&quot; - disable all downloads :  built-in download + HTTP redirect download ( it doesn&#39;t matter value of sv_wwwDownload)<br><br>Another solutions: disable console (set
      sv_disableClientConsole &quot;1&quot;) + random .cfg name<br>in case of rcon stealer a player must be connected to server, then player trying to download manually within game console:<br> /download server.cfg   or /download main/server.cfg  guessing server config<br>
<br>Take a look here for more details/solutions:  <br><a href="http://game-violations.ggl.com/index.php?page=Thread&amp;postID=99870#post99870">http://game-violations.ggl.com/index.php?page=Thread&amp;postID=99870#post99870</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Morpheus <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:morpheus@clantoc.org">morpheus@clantoc.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">


  
    
  
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    I have one question : I have these dvar in my server cfg<br>
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    set sv_allowdownload &quot;1&quot;<br>
    seta sv_wwwDownload &quot;1&quot;<br>
    seta sv_wwwBaseURL <a href="http://whaterver_you_wnat.com/cod" target="_blank">&quot;http://whaterver_you_wnat.com/cod&quot;</a><br>
    seta sv_wwwDlDisconnected &quot;1&quot;<br>
    <br>
    If you put the allowdownload to 0, does it disable the www
    capability ? if we could restrict the download part to http
    downloading, things could be easier to cope with.<br>
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    Le 14/09/2010 20:44, Nosjp Nosjp a écrit :
    <div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">@Marco: <br>
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      If you have a server <br>
      - without custom maps/mods/pam -&gt; disable downloads:  seta
      sv_allowDownload &quot;0&quot;<br>
      - with custom maps/mods/pam -&gt;  disable game console (set
      sv_disableClientConsole &quot;1&quot;)  + random .cfg name<br>
      <br>
      <br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Sheepa <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sheepa@sheepa.org" target="_blank">sheepa@sheepa.org</a>&gt;</span>
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          Is there even any working POC for this?<br>
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          From: &quot;Marco Padovan&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:evolutioncrazy@gmail.com" target="_blank">evolutioncrazy@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
          Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:14 PM<br>
          To: &quot;Call of Duty server admin list.&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org" target="_blank">cod@icculus.org</a>&gt;
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            Subject: Re: [cod] Cfg download hacking<br>
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                I see...<br>
                <br>
                will take the &quot;random cfg filename&quot; path as all other
                workarounds are<br>
                not acceptable for my use :(<br>
                <br>
                On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Morpheus &lt;<a href="mailto:morpheus@clantoc.org" target="_blank">morpheus@clantoc.org</a>&gt;
                wrote:<br>
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                   I think iptables is too low-level to deal with such
                  specific hack attempts.<br>
                  At least you can use it to ban IP addresses you
                  catch... It&#39;s sad it has not<br>
                  been fixed since discovery, with all the games that
                  are using the<br>
                  codebase...<br>
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                  Le 14/09/2010 19:32, Marco Padovan a écrit :<br>
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                    <br>
                    I&#39;m aware of the exploits... was looking for some
                    suggestion on how to<br>
                    fix them... even via iptables eventually...<br>
                    <br>
                    On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:56 PM, James Landi&lt;<a href="mailto:jim@landi.net" target="_blank">jim@landi.net</a>&gt;  wrote:<br>
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                      <br>
                       The exploit I just posted about could be an older
                      version or not the<br>
                      same<br>
                      as described in this mail list thread.<br>
                      <br>
                      using the second link should give you a good list
                      of quake based exploits<br>
                      you may want to watch for.<br>
                      <br>
                      Sorry for the wrong ling<br>
                      <br>
                      Jim Landi<br>
                      Rudedog<br>
                      FPSadmin.com<br>
                      Microsoft MVP, Games for Windows | Twitter@
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                      On 9/14/10 12:25 PM, Morpheus wrote:<br>
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                        <br>
                        We&#39;re talking about the built-in download
                        system, not the http redirect<br>
                        one, which you can control with symlinks and
                        htaccess features. It&#39;s<br>
                        about a<br>
                        security hole that virtually exists in all
                        q3-based games (at least for<br>
                        the<br>
                        net code).<br>
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                        Le 14/09/2010 18:21, Mavrick a écrit :<br>
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                          Anyone tried symbolic links?<br>
                          <br>
                          On 14/09/2010 3:11 AM, Nosjp Nosjp wrote:<br>
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                            The only one solution:  set sv_allowDownload
                            &quot;0&quot;<br>
                            <br>
                            On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Marco<br>
                            Padovan&lt;<a href="mailto:evolutioncrazy@gmail.com" target="_blank">evolutioncrazy@gmail.com</a><br>
                            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:evolutioncrazy@gmail.com" target="_blank">evolutioncrazy@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;
                             wrote:<br>
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                              We are having major hack attempts that
                            consist in people<br>
                              downloading the cfg files....  currently
                            we had to use random<br>
                              file names...<br>
                            <br>
                              is there any solid work around?<br>
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