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Re: nickname Spoofers fix? [message #408569 is a reply to message #408500] Tue, 27 October 2009 13:30 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Tue, 27 October 2009 01:23

Dover wrote on Tue, 27 October 2009 06:52

andr3w282 wrote on Mon, 26 October 2009 19:21

Sladewill wrote on Mon, 26 October 2009 16:11

true, ppl could hack your network, via something like hamahachi and do what?

what Huh


Virtual-LAN programs, like Garena or ListChecker for WC3, or Hamahachi for games nobody plays. They fool the program running into thinking an external internet server is a local area network server. It's useful for games with defunct (Or nonexistant) online play options like Red Alert 1, or for games that have stricter latency standards for LAN play compared to online play (Which is what they're used for in WC3, mostly). The danger is, of course, that someone could use it for Renegade to use any nickname they cared to enter in LAN mode, even if directconnecting was removed.

You could then only join servers in the same virtual network. Aka, you could then pick any nickname, but you wouldn't be able to join regular servers.


I wouldn't know, but I guess that makes sense. The only experience I have with VPN software is ListChecker for WC3, and since it all works through Blizzard's public Battle.net service, there is never a distinction made. I guess it was a bit presumptuous to think Battle.net and XWIS are alike in that regard.


DarkDemin wrote on Thu, 03 August 2006 19:19

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