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Re: Why not open source? [message #173024 is a reply to message #172723]

Tue, 27 September 2005 10:45

dead6re
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howang wrote on Sun, 25 September 2005 06:45

Well, I am a server owner, I run a renegade server with rg & brenbot. But I get lots of feedback from the players that they don't trust rg and think it is a spyware. Yes, you cannot explain because nobody knows what your program is doing. Maybe it is a keylogger that steal password and send it back to the rg server. Maybe it is a cdkey stealing program. Maybe it scan for cookies and steal passwords. Nobody knows what rg is doing except the programmer of it. The worst part is, DJM & Crimson here always use bad language. How can we trust it!?

I think you guys are making a good job to keep the game fair, but please behave yourselves properly! There are too much bad language here & we cannot trust this site, the only thing to do is open source. Once you open source, everyone will trust you.

If you think that open source will let crackers know how to bypass it, I can tell you that this is a stupid point. Open source won't decrease the security, but let more programmer join & help you to fix bugs!

Your users need to learn some facts:

1) DJM is NOT part of BHS
2) I have never seen Crimson use bad languge, unless you calling in on the fake cheats!
3) I use ProcessGuard, it can tell you exactly whats its trying to access, so I can tell what is happening. I get no keyboard hooks or scanning cookies. Only renegade directory files.
4) The cd key is encrypted within Renegade, Im guessing MD5 as that is one way. This make it virtually impossible to crack it.
5) Open source would release the protocol and then a fake RenGuard client could be made! We don't want this to happen.

Let all your wishes be granted except one, so you will still have something to strieve for.

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		Why not open source? By: howang on Sun, 25 September 2005 03:45
		Re: Why not open source? By: mac on Sun, 25 September 2005 04:04
		Re: Why not open source? By: =HT=T-Bird on Sun, 25 September 2005 04:16
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Sun, 25 September 2005 04:36
		Re: Why not open source? By: light on Tue, 27 September 2005 01:25
		Re: Why not open source? By: Goztow on Tue, 03 January 2006 08:55
		Re: Why not open source? By: mac on Thu, 05 January 2006 06:51
		Re: Why not open source? By: Dave Mason on Sun, 25 September 2005 05:09
		Re: Why not open source? By: mac on Sun, 25 September 2005 05:52
		Re: Why not open source? By: warranto on Mon, 26 September 2005 08:40
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Tue, 27 September 2005 03:24
		Re: Why not open source? By: Sir Kane on Tue, 27 September 2005 02:36
		Re: Why not open source? By: mac on Tue, 27 September 2005 03:48
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Tue, 03 January 2006 05:31
		Re: Why not open source? By: dead6re on Tue, 27 September 2005 10:45
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Sat, 01 October 2005 23:22
		Re: Why not open source? By: Kanezor on Sun, 02 October 2005 13:16
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Tue, 03 January 2006 05:22
		Re: Why not open source? By: Kanezor on Tue, 03 January 2006 06:17
		Re: Why not open source? By: howang on Tue, 03 January 2006 10:31
		Re: Why not open source? By: Whitedragon on Sat, 01 October 2005 23:35
		Re: Why not open source? By: Ghost Assassin on Tue, 03 January 2006 08:06
		Re: Why not open source? By: Scythar on Tue, 03 January 2006 10:42
		Re: Why not open source? By: Crimson on Tue, 03 January 2006 11:53

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