[quake2] FYI: RCON_PASSWORD Security Issue

[Jeremy Brenner]

> On 3/20/02 6:18 PM, "Steven Fuller" <relnev at icculus.org> wrote:
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>> http://www.quakesrc.org/forum/topicDisplay.php?topicID=160
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> Steven,
> Thanks,  I'll make the appropriate changes to the code and check them
> into CVS by tonight.
>
> --brendan

Should this be a global change?  It seems that if the quick fix from the
forum is used then client side macro support will break.  Mabey this would
be a good optional thing that could be changed at runtime? Either by
commandline or as quake variable?  Just a thought sorry if i'm off-base.

jeremy





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