We deal with this on a regular basis in TF2. We use this plugin to block all major VPN providers.
http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2025265 On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Today, we're seeing a ton of banned, griefing players using VPNs and > throw-away Steam accounts to bypass server bans. The problem already seems > to be pretty widespread in CS:S. Considering this is the first weekend > where the beta was opened up, it's only going to get worse. I'm sure this > isn't isolated to CS:S, or my servers. There are many others running > community servers, some probably not even using Source that are impacted by > this. The native Steam Exploit seems to be getting abused quite heavily. > > The theoretical is now the present, > Kyle. > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Jesse Oak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Every game copy should have an ID associated with it, this way an admin > > can ban per copy of the game rather then player ID. It's bad enough right > > now in TF2 and some of the Source mod games where a griefer can just > > quickly make a new account and reset their IP address having this start > to > > happen in games like CSGO is going to be a major pain for admins. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:29 AM, Valentin G. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Banning by IP is useless for many countries. And if cheaters abuse the > >> family sharing they will certainly go to the "lengths" of making a quick > >> new dial-in to grab that new IP. > >> > >> I have already said this much on the Beta Forums, and fully agree with > >> Kyle. This brings the TF2 F2P dilemma to every title. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Dominik Friedrichs <[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> On 2013/10/18 03:38, N-Gon wrote: > >>> > >>>> I agree with Dog. > >>>> However, I would also like to note that with SourceMod you could ban > the > >>>> users by IP. Sure they can change it, but most of the trolls are > either > >>>> too stupid to figure out how or too stupid to figure out how to do it > >>>> quickly. Meaning you'd see the "repeat offender" now and then, but not > >>>> enough to be too much of a nuisance. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I'd like to note that for broadband providers in my area it is quite > >>> common to hand out a different IP on every dial in, while a connection > with > >>> that same IP can be kept alive for 24 hours at maximum. Hence I would > never > >>> bother to ban by IP if the ban is supposed to be longer than a few > hours. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >>> please visit: > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds< > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
