VAF [136] Striker Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Is this possible? I had a weird website address with the .com/ and a bunch of numbers trying to connect to our dedicated DCS server. Is this even possible and is there a way to block them from trying? Maybe it was a person with that profile name that works for the company and they were trying to join so they could spam everyone. I'm just not sure but it kind of made me concerned. Nvidia GTX-1080 Intel i7-4820K 3.7 Ghz ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme MB 32 GB Memory Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Wrecking Crew Posted June 19, 2016 Posted June 19, 2016 How did you notice this? WC Visit the Hollo Pointe DCS World server -- an open server with a variety of COOP & H2H missions including Combined Arms. All released missions are available for free download, modification and public hosting, from my Wrecking Crew Projects site.
VAF [136] Striker Posted June 19, 2016 Author Posted June 19, 2016 I was connected to our server sitting on Nellis AFB and saw the client name trying to join the server. It was from this website but it looked like this. instagc.com/1121121 Whoever or whatever it was either wasn't able to connect completely or backed out. Is there should be a log for our server that shows the IP or other information? We're not running SLMOD and I know that does logging. I wasn't sure if it's running OK for 2.0 now. Nvidia GTX-1080 Intel i7-4820K 3.7 Ghz ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme MB 32 GB Memory Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sweep Posted June 19, 2016 Posted June 19, 2016 AFAIK "instagc" isn't a bot. I've seen that name on other servers... Lord of Salt
VAF [136] Striker Posted June 19, 2016 Author Posted June 19, 2016 OK, I tried to find that person in the member list but they're not listed. They're not required to have a forum account though so that doesn't mean anything. I just saw the .com and was immediately concerned. But my original question wasn't answered. Is it even possible for bots to connect to DCS servers? I think that's a stretch because someone would have to create an account to be used for that purpose and write code for a system to search and connect to servers. Seems like a waste of time in my opinion. Nvidia GTX-1080 Intel i7-4820K 3.7 Ghz ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme MB 32 GB Memory Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
codefox Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 Seems like a waste of time in my opinion. It would be a massive waste of time if you didn't have any other goals in mind.. I've seen that guy on the VA earlier and he even interacted with others and he has flown AC so I figured he was probably just using his name to advertise a referral link which gains him some advantage when someone clicks on it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
doodenkoff Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 Some people will do anything to improve their SEO. Win 10 | i7 4770 @ 3.5GHz | 32GB DDR3 | 6 GB GTX1060
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