[quake3] Re: Rcon DoS

Thilo Schulz arny at ats.s.bawue.de
Sun Dec 3 17:52:37 EST 2006


On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:19, Thilo Schulz wrote:
> If this limitation really is in there, your concern is a valid one. I will
> take care of it in the next few days.

We've discussed this "DoS" stuff in IRC. This limit is imposed to prevent the 
bruteforcing of rcon passwords that can be done easily using udp. At the 
moment, I don't see any easy way of removing that rcon limit without 
affecting security. Server admins should run their servers in "screen" to 
administrate their servers or use game-based administration features. Rcon is 
flawed by design.

-- 
Thilo Schulz
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