FLSAC: Freelancer - Stucuk's Anti-Cheat System

[Stucuk]

My question is could you create a testing version (that would be installed server-side) which would allow both players with and without the client-side program to connect?

Iv updated both the Setup and FLHook source so that when DebugMessages = yes in the FLHook.ini it will not kick anyone. All kicking/Temp Banning is done via FLHook, so its compleatly customisable as to what happens when a player isn't validated.

Logging all kicks would also be handy. I don't think we need to ban the players whose fingerprints don't match, just kicking them after 45secs would do the job I think. The player would have to get a message prior to the kick so he/she knows what's happening.

All kicks should be logged. Players get a warning just like normal kicks. Temp Ban times are configurable in the FLHook.ini .

But, the program source code should be available to us so we can verify it. That way, we eliminate mistrust by seeing that the program is 100% clean of anything malign. People tend not to trust clientside anticheating stuff after all the crap sony and co made with their DRM stuff...

I won't release the source code of the clientside and the flsac_flhook.dll which send and recieve the fingerprints and do the validation. If i released it to anyone then it could be leaked. If its leaked then cheaters could easily make an application to mimic what the clientside does. Id like to point out that i am not employed by Sony or any company (Im actualy unemployed) so FLSAC doesn't disable your CD Writer if it detects you have Daemon tools, etc. All it does is send fingerprints to the server.

It only sends packets to the server you tell it you wish to connect to (You can validate that by using a packet sniffer to see what is being sent out to where), no identifiable information is sent (IP is always sent when a packet is sent as thats how computers communicate to each other, but the server already knows you ip as freelancer is sending it packets), etc. FLSAC does not tamper with a cheaters pc in any way eather.

If your parinoid that Sony has spys in the Discovery community then feel free not to touch FLSAC.

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