[mohaa] MOHAA linux server with potential exploit fix

[Mohaa Admin (vandrosthagen.net)]

Ryan,

Any idea when we can expect the spearhead version???

Regards
Quint

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Guvnor" <guvnor at evildictators.com>
To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 14:17
Subject: RE: [mohaa] MOHAA linux server with potential exploit fix


> Hi all,
> 
> I can confirm that I got this working under a 64bit linux distro. Just 
> needed an export statement in the startup command line. So far so good 
> might I add, uses about 4% less cpu under busy gameserver conditions and 
> the server feels noticeably better performance wise.
> 
> I will post more feedback as soon as received.
> 
> Roll on the spearhead update! :)
> 
> 
> Kim.
> 
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> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Another MOHAA build...
> 
>    http://icculus.org/betas/mohaa/mohaa-lnxded-07252004.tar.bz2
> 
> This one has:
> - The buffer overflow fix Luigi pointed out.
> - The grenade animation crash fix.
> - The UBoat spawn fix.
> 
> The first one still needs fixing in Spearhead, the other two are fixes
> backported from Spearhead, as thus only the original MOHAA was
> vulnerable.
> 
> Luigi and I are still deciding if the buffer overflow fix covers all
> possible exploits, so there might be one more build. And, of course, a
> Spearhead update is still forthcoming.
> 
> --ryan.
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