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Subject: Re: ICC seems to have been exploited

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:56:13 09/11/04

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On September 11, 2004 at 09:10:54, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On September 10, 2004 at 23:51:52, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On September 09, 2004 at 23:58:44, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>On September 09, 2004 at 00:03:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's a yawn in that the weaknesses have been known for a long time.  There are
>>>>solutions to much of the problem, using the sort of challenge-response stuff
>>>>used in ssh (secure shell) access.  But artificial lag is simply impossible to
>>>>get rid of...
>>>
>>>What about capping the lag adjustment?
>>
>>
>>Ever seen cases on ICC where the lag was averaging 30 seconds and up?  It
>>happens on congestion in the northeast on the NSF backbone...
>
>It seems more reasonable to me that people with 30 second lag may have to accept
>that they can't play real-time games on the internet.

Possibly.  But then there is 30 sec every now and then lag.  Or a planned event
that is scheduled and has to be played lag or no lag...





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