Jeremy, That's pretty weird. I haven't seen a machine based attack worth talking about from my player base in nearly fifteen years, and in that case I just called up his provider and got his accounts revoked. I'm sure there have been other hack attempts, but I'd have to waste time rooting through the logs to see how often they happen.
What kinds of techniques are they using? Perhaps the difference is dependent on UDP usage instead of TCP connections. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Jeremy Kaldobsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Dennis, they do trace back to actual players. I know that the internet is > swarmed with automated attacks, and I ignore those as well. I'm specifically > referring to attacks that easily trace back to Swamp players that have been > banned. > > One of the 2 recent attacks left enough information that I confronted the guy > on Skype about it. Of course he denied it, but made a few smug statements > that were clearly to rub it in my face without actually confessing anything. > > - Aprone > >> From: Dennis Towne <[email protected]> > >> Jeremy, >> >> It's highly unlikely that the attacks you're seeing are from >> your >> players. There's not really any incentive for them, >> and direct >> attacks are so easy to track back that if it were one of >> your players, >> you should be able to smash them easily. >> >> I say this because we get literally thousands of such >> attacks a month >> on the Alter Aeon server. They come from all over the >> world and in >> all different types, from attempts on our forum and wiki to >> portscans >> to common backdoors and brute force ssh login >> attempts. The automated >> attack of login names and passwords hits us between five and >> ten times >> daily. I don't even bother to pay attention to the >> reports on that >> anymore. >> >> >> Dennis Towne >> >> Alter Aeon MUD >> http://www.alteraeon.com --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
