[mohaa] rcon commands

[[-SF-]Shockwave]

Without having access to the log file for the server, it's almost impossible
to say what is causing this.  One thing you can try to do is look at the
console output in your game client.  If you have been rejected due to a high
ping, it will say so.  Otherwise, I'm not sure that you will be able to tell
much.

I can tell you that if you were connecting to a server controlled by my
administration tool and your name and/or IP address was banned, you would
connect to the game for a split second and then be disconnected because you
would be identified as an active player who is on the ban list.  The
administrator has the ability to add and remove ban entries at will which
would allow him to activate and deactivate a player ban with relative ease.
It would cause you to experience the exact same thing you say is happening.
I wait until the player has finished connecting to the game server, but it
is possible to identify banned players before they have completed the
connection process.

I wish I could help you more, but as I said before it is almost impossible
to tell what is happening without having access to the game server log file.
Even is you did determine that it was the admin or an automated program,
there is precious little you can do about it.  If I were you, I'd find
another server to play on that doesn't give you an ulcer just trying to
connect to it.  =)


Shockwave



----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduardo E. Silva" <esilva at silvex.com>
To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [mohaa] rcon commands


> Ok, this happened for almost an hour! everytime I connected I was
disconnected
> right away! As far as I know there is not disconnect command from the
console
> right ? Only kill, killclient etc. How about game restarting ? Sometimes
4-5
> time in a row right after the game starts? Will the restarting be 'caused'
by
> an admin that wants to get a strategic position at the beginning of the
game
> to get a nice spot to kill players on other team ? Specially in maps like
the
> Hunt and V2 ?
>
> Ed Silva
> Silvex Consulting Inc.
> (714) 504-6870 Cell
>
> [-SF-]Shockwave said:
> > Hello Eduardo,
> >
> > If someone is kicked, times out, or disconnects, you will get messages
that
> > will show up in the game server log.  The best content is derived from
> > setting the developer cvar to "2".  Unfortunately, none of these
messages
> > have any IP address information associated with them.
> >
> > The server administration tool I developed uses this same log
information to
> > identify players and track their connections to the server.  By parsing
the
> > log data, it is possible to identify players as they connect and kick
them.
> > This is how I have been able to successfully implement name and IP bans.
> > Even using this method, the log will record the events.  If you are
looking
> > to debug what is happening, the first thing I would do is set the
> > "developer" cvar to "2" and ensure that the server is generating a log.
By
> > looking at the log file, you should be able to see what commands have
been
> > issued.
> >
> > Anyone who is kicked will show a 'broadcast: print "console:
<playername>
> > has been kicked"' message if it was done with a server command.  Anyone
> > whose ping is too high will have messages sent to the log indicating
their
> > connection was rejected due to a high ping.  Players who time out also
have
> > similar messages that are recorded.  If an individual player issues a
> > command while connected to the server, a line is generated in the log
that
> > begins with "clientCommand: <playername> : <command sequence number> :
> > <command name> <arguments>".  There are also detailed connection
messages
> > that report on the multiple stages of how a player negotiates a
connection
> > to the server.
> >
> > I wouldn't immediately discount latency as a possible cause for some of
> > these occurrences.  I have seen instances where LAN connections have
been
> > rejected due to high pings even with max ping set to "400" across a
100baseT
> > connection when everyone's pings are normally below 20ms.  Your best bet
is
> > to enable the most detailed logging you can and go through it carefully
> > after something strange happens.  If it is someone using game server
> > commands, you'll know.
> >
> >
> > Shockwave
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eduardo E. Silva" <esilva at silvex.com>
> > To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [mohaa] rcon commands
> >
> >
> >> You probaly meant 'antiboot'. Most players (99.9%) are connected via
> >> DSL/Cable/T1 so the latency might not be an issue. My question is:
> >>
> >> 1.- When loggin is enabled are commands such as: kick, disconnect and
> > restart
> >> commands logged?
> >>
> >> 2.- How are they logged ? IP address, admin name ? etc ?
> >>
> >> Ed Silva
> >> Silvex Consulting Inc.
> >> (714) 504-6870 Cell
> >>
> >> Michael Johnson said:
> >> > It is far more likely that an antoboot is occuring due to latency.
Hard
> > to
> >> > believe someone is getting there jollys by doing manual booting.  I
can
> > see
> >> > it happening once in a while, but not too often.  Besides, given  the
> > number
> >> > of cheaters, why boot decent players?
> >> >
> >> > MJ
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Eduardo E. Silva wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I have been playing on a public server MOH. This a popular clan which
I
> >> >> will keep their name to CLAN just to be cool. Lately there has been
> > players
> >> >> complaining (even CLAN's member) that you get disconnected a lot.
> > Sometimes
> >> >> you try to re-connect after being disconnected and just get
> > disconnected
> >> >> right away or during the connection when you are loading the map.
> >> >>
> >> >>Some players suggested that someone (aka hacker) is sending Dos
attacks
> > on
> >> >> the server probably using BOINK and or TEARDROP and thus causing the
> >> disconnects. I know that any NT box with SP3 or later will be fixed
> > from
> >> >> these attacks, since Microsoft provided fixes long time ago -- Linux
is
> > not
> >> >> prone to these attacks. This box is a Windows 2000, and don't know
> > which
> >> >> SPs has installed -- it is hosted by a well known company.
> >> >>
> >> >>Now lets say that 'someone' with rcon password acces is typing the
> >> >> commands: kick, restart, disconnect on purpose at the console
remotely
> > thru
> >> >> rcon commands. How and where are these commands recorded on the logs
?
> > If
> >> >> logging is enable...
> >> >>
> >> >>Will they show from which IP were send ?
> >> >>
> >> >>Ed Silva
> >> >>Silvex Consulting Inc.
> >> >>(714) 504-6870 Cell
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
>
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