[crossfire] new metaserver

[Mitch Obrian]

Obsurity is just one layer of security. It is used by
IRC servers rather sucessfully for their hub server. 
     
     http://cavetroll.uwcs.co.uk/
     
     
     http://cavetroll.uwcs.co.uk/metaserver/
     
     

--- Mark Wedel <
     
     mwedel at sonic.net
     
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      Mitch Obrian wrote:
     
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      > Cave's php metaservers are great. The sms's are
     
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      sent
     
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      > the data by the servers. They then send the info
     
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      to
     
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      > the cms which sends the info to the other sms's.
     
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      This
     
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      > way (since the sms's are trusted) the cms is
     
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      unDoSable
     
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      > as it's ip is unknown except for the trusted sms.
     
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      > Since cave's metaservers are written in php they
     
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      can
     
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      > be hosted anywhere... including hosting companies
     
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      with
     
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      > near unlimited bandwidth.
     
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        seems to me that making the CMS ip secret is just
     
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      security through obscurity. 
     
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        Once someone discovers that IP through whatever
     
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      method, you lose that benefit 
     
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      - this means the CMS has to be secure on its own.
     
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      > We should implement it, it has been written. It is
     
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      > good. The time for discussing how it should be
     
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      done is
     
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      > passed as we allready have a product now.
     
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        You discussed the metaserver/program before,
     
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      however, when asked to provide 
     
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      link/URL, did not provide one.  Trying to search for
     
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      info on it is pretty 
     
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      meaningless, as cave is just too common a word.
     
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