Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:43:15 10/05/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 18:50:54, Chessfun wrote: >On October 05, 2000 at 17:28:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>As far as I know you cannot alias the Tiger kibitz. >> >>That doesn't get you very far. >> >>Just type "+alias kibitz garbage" on ICC and no further kibitzes will >>happen. This is a common trick to prevent my "Hello from Crafty version 17.13" >>message from showing up and causing a clone to get noplayed, or so that a >>cheater won't get caught as easily. > >Yes but then type vars name and the interface is displayed. > >Sarah. That doesn't help. First, chesspartner didn't set interface for a long time. Most still don't. Second, the interface variable can be changed to anything you want after the interface has set it. Common trickery. But in my case, I am not on when these games are played. So all I have to go by is the 'kibitz' that goes into the log files. If it isn't there, I won't have a clue. You can't depend on anything that the interface can set, because the user can set it to something else later. Ditto for tells, kibitzes, etc. Xboard has had a "cheater detection" feature for years. But due to the +alias, a clever operator can break it.
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