Not a developer, but not a fool, either...Question...please...
How does an individual best protect themselves, when online ...participating in a Java environment (gamesite...in this case)...from non-site origination...actions/commands (i'm talking about game participants that are manipulating the site) ?....
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and i feel that there is no integrity left to be found in online gaming...if there are no ways to defend...ulterior actions.
Please respond in Genuiness, as this question, is a genuine one...)))
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Wawtawshaa] at [2007-10-2 21:47:56]
> How does an individual best protect themselves, when
> online ...participating in a Java environment
> (gamesite...in this case)...from non-site
> origination...actions/commands (i'm talking about
> game participants that are manipulating the site)
> ?....
You will need to be more explicit as to what form of abuse is (or you think) taking place.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and i
> feel that there is no integrity left to be found in
> online gaming...if there are no ways to
> defend...ulterior actions.
I play online Bridge but I don't play for money. If money is involved then someone will always try to cheat. I always act on the assumption that sites (not just ones using Java) have serious security flaws so I don't play online for real money.
Sabre...i never play for money.....never have...never will. I perfectly understand and appreciate....both your admonitions, and the simple reasons...Why.
I love to play spades, an consider myself quite good. I play at a site known as IWin.com...that to me...is thraught with Java manipulators. Their primary tactic is to somehow disrupt the data flow, force a discionnect upon me, and then manipulate gamesite graphics while i'm trying to re-connect, that state i resigned. It's pure external input,...from known players...that are capable of doing this. I merely desire to shield myself, not ever retribute.
As a Bridge Player...i hope you can relate, and offer some good advice.
> I love to play spades, an consider myself quite good.
> I play at a site known as IWin.com...that to me...is
> thraught with Java manipulators. Their primary tactic
> is to somehow disrupt the data flow, force a
> discionnect upon me, and then manipulate gamesite
> graphics while i'm trying to re-connect, that state i
> resigned.
Not being a hacker I don't know how this could be done.
> It's pure external input,...from known
> players...that are capable of doing this. I merely
> desire to shield myself, not ever retribute.
I doubt if you could protect yourself because if what you say is true it sounds like a 'man in the middle' attack so the server has the security problem, not you.
Have you reported the problem through the site 'abuse' feedback.
