[retsam]

Yeah unfortunately when you run hlstatsx that isnt a possibility, which leaves those with hlstatsx up sh*t creak. Thanks valve!

[bl4nk]

You can always set up your firewall rules to allow TCP connections from only your HLStatsX server.

[retsam]

Hum. I suppose thats true. Didnt think of that.

[ignitor]

Originally Posted by Puntje Yep, same thing here. Lots of crashes, especially when the server is full However, it seems that someone triggered the crash at my end, using some kind of exploit. More info: clicky.

Problem is, I don't see that type of information hitting the logs. Bad password attempts I thought made their way into the logs...

[DontWannaName]

Would you even find that rcon bug in the minidump? Does it produce one?

[Puntje]

Yeh, that's console information. Luckely I was around when it happend and it was just a quick way to the gameconsole.

Maybe sv_rcon_maxfailures 2 should prevent it more ?
It's default value is 10, which is a bit to much

[ignitor]

Mines currently is set to 5. 2 I feel is too low.

[retsam]

No, you want it higher, not lower. The lower it is, the easier the exploit is to do.....

Its a moot point anyways. You can enter bad rcon passwords very rapidly. 2 or 15, it doesnt matter. I tried to set ours to 20000 but the damn cvar has a limit of like 10-15 or whatever it is.

[ignitor]

Ah i see what you mean - The exploit must occur when the server bans then? I think i'm having the opposite problem though.

Just got this today;

L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Native "GetUserFlagBits" reported: Client index 33
is invalid
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "adminsenti
nel.smx":
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] [0] Line 135, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums
/files/2/4/5/7/3/33216.attach::OnClientPostAdminCheck()
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Native "IsClientConnected" reported: Client index
33 is invalid
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "simpleteam
balancer.smx":
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] [0] Line 321, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums
/files/3/6/9/5/4/32397.attach::OnClientPostAdminCheck()
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Native "GetClientTeam" reported: Client index 0 is
invalid
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "classrestr
ict.smx":
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] [0] Line 91, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums/
files/3/4/6/6/8/27957.attach::Event_PlayerSpawn()
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Native "IsFakeClient" reported: Client index 33 is
invalid
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "tagprotect
ion.smx":
L 07/02/2009 - 14:18:09: [SM] [0] Line 179, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums
/files/2/6/0/5/9/33670.attach::OnClientSettingsChanged()

Thats the last thing in console i see when the server crashed.

[hlstriker]

Not sure what the problem is but here is a small plugin to remove the max cvar value limit for the cvars in question.