Nearly a year on.. attacks continue, thanks for the help GS!

[Imperial]

It's nearly a year since attacks started and since the first exploit, it's gotten from bad to worse.

Myself, Dae, Zora,Clix, along with a few others, have been trying to improve the situation, but things are getting pretty dreary now.
Unfortuantely, Nephthys can no longer protect us, for the sole fact, it is only server based, the attacks no longer being just server related, but now Masterserver related..

For those who are in the dark about why they can't host, there are two reasons.

1.Your ip, individually, has been targeted, so that packets are being sent to the Ganespy masterserver, telling it that it is offline, so therefore the server is being delisted

2.The masterserver as a whole is being attacked too, so it is increasingly difficult for your server to be seen

Had it been that only no 1 was being incorpated, then not as many people would be suffering, nor would the gs msl look so grim. However, it is both 1 and 2 that is being carried out, together making your server seen seldom, or not at all.

If you had dynamic then you could get away with no 1, but seeing as no 2 is also being taken on board, this is not possible.

We can blame Gamespy for the current difficulties.. it is only their Masterserver that is vulnerable, the only one using the packets, dxmtl and the GODe masterserver(DarkKnightKilla13s) are not vulernable.
However, seeing as Gamespy is the default ms, this is of little use to us, with not enough people knowing about the other two, for things to be the way they used to be, before the attacks.

Like I said, myself and others are working on doing something about it, but Gamespy at the moment is the route of all our problems, at this moment in time, we are waiting for confirmation from a guy at Gamespy, but little or no co-operation( with all the co-Operation from us) is putting us in a place of difficulty.

There could be a fix, but because of Gamespy, it is not being allowed, with the chance if it is used, being used by Gamespy as an excuse, for refusing to help.

The problem is, they aren't helping much at the moment anyway, so soon, we may have to go agaisnt their wishes.

As highlighted at the start, this is why you can't host on Gamespy, with sucess. In the coming months, hopefully the situation will get better.. but until then, I think we must all think, inside and outside of the box.

Hopefully, this topic will arise discussion about this stalemate situation, that we have found ourselves in and get people talking about it again.

This topic is to answer questions to those who do not understand what is going on, as well as a place for debate about it.

*Note: If you haven't hosted in a long time i.e the last four months, then do not attempt to host 0aug. Please host augged, for your server to remain on the Gamespy list. Otherwise, your ip will be individually blocked as explained at the top of this post, with very little traffic coming into your server thereafter. My advice is to host, atdm/btdm until advised what to do.. you will be updated on the situation as it comes.

[clyzm]

Gamespy is about money, not will.

[Imperial]

Gamespy is about money, not will.

Yep, over time I have come to realise this, so if they continue their attitude of "We will only help if it benefits us, in a financial sense" then other conventional methods will be taken on board, as a substitue to the more complicated ones that are happening now, because someone is so oblivous to the fact that he has gotten far too involved in taking down servers, killing an already weak game, further

[~SaSQuAtCH~]

How about other masterservers?
Did someone try to ask for help at Ion Storm for example? A company like IS might can help?

[clyzm]

How about other masterservers?
Did someone try to ask for help at Ion Storm for example? A company like IS might can help?

Ion Storm is dead, fool.

[~SaSQuAtCH~]

Actually i did not know anything about them so i took a question

[Imperial]

How about other masterservers?
Did someone try to ask for help at Ion Storm for example? A company like IS might can help?

Other Masterservers, that don't work like Gamespy are fine, i.e epic masterservers

[Snakey]

Nearly a year on.. attacks continue, thanks for the help GS!

And the time has just flew by hasn't it?

[Imperial]

Yea it has


On a positive note, attacks have stopped!
Huurrah!

[~¤Hit[+]Män¤~]

great