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Thread: Server Encryption 18 Apr 2015, 03:06 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Apr 2015, 02:38 AMMr. Someguy I don't trust any password management site. Why would I want all my passwords kept on some third party server? You're better off hiding a written note in your home. What if someone just attacks that server instead, then they have all your passwords instead of just one of them. Not sure if you're talking about lastpass, or if you thought keepass2 was a web-based password management app buttttttttttt I'll try and ease your mind a little/enlighten you... As long as the database in which your password(s) are stored on any given web server, even if that server is compromised, your passwords (in the environment of a properly managed database) will be secure. Part of this is your responsibility to make a strong password, no realistic amount of help is going to fix a weak password. In simple terms this is what is going to happen: you give mywebsite.com your user name/password, they shouldn't need that information for anything other than authentication, therefore they will hash the password (preferably with some sort of salt), and store the hashed value of your password. When you authenticate in the future, they only compare the hash your browser sends them, to the hash they have stored - if they match, congrats you entered the same password and you're let in. Without going into the details of attacking something like this, suffice it to say that if your password is weak and the database is compromised, it will be trivial to crack your password. But if it strong, odds are your password is safe from anyone other than a state-backed actor. Not to mention that it'll be exponentially more difficult to attack a properly hardened webserver than most people's local machines/home networks. Now... I haven't done my research on lastpass because I don't use it but I'd be willing to bet that your passwords are safe there... As for KeePass - all the passwords are only ever stored locally on your machine. You set up a master password and have the option of adding a key file and OS user account as additional layers of authentication to access your password database. You then get to set up your list of passwords, which KeePass will randomly generate for you if you'd like (yay copy/pasta) and never have to worry about remembering anything other than 1) your master password and 2) the location of your key file. In order to compromise this an attacker would need full access to your local machine, they'd have to know where your key file is located, and they'd have to be logged in as you (well I guess that part is easy if your Windows/Linux/OS X password sucks). Anyways, the point being... the odds of this happening are incredibly low unless you derp up. Edit: https://blog.lastpass.com/2010/07/lastpass-gets-green-light-from-security.html/ ^ If lastpass is good enough for Steve Gibson, it's good enough for me. I'll stick with KeePass because I already have it set up, but there's some more reading material for those interested. In: Lobby
Thread: #esports?18 Apr 2015, 02:07 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Apr 2015, 01:54 AMBasilone But even though they said that their decisions say otherwise. I think its more likely they just said that for good PR or something, rather than genuinely trying to tailor the game for competitive play and failing. Yup, that's the irony of the #esports thing. They say they want to develop a competitive game, yet some of their design decisions are inherently not competitive. In: Lobby
Thread: #esports?18 Apr 2015, 01:29 AM As far as I understand it is basically mocking the concept that Relic has said they want to promote and grow the competitive scene, yet allow airplane crashes destroy entire armies, or vehicles go through 3 death crits - only to be recaptured, etc etc. As far as the game never being designed to be competitive - it is completely irrelevant to the potential for the game to become a competitive esport. Look at SSBM, Hearthstone, DoTA (back in wc3 days), WoW, etc. I'd wager that the majority of highly competitive titles did not start out being designed for competition. At this point most of them incorporate it as a result of what the community has done to turn the game into a competitive title, but yeah, being designed to be a competitive esport or a casual game has no direct impact on a game's ability to be a competitive title. In: Lobby
Thread: Server Encryption 17 Apr 2015, 23:09 PM Looks like some one was watching my stream last night As Inverse said, it isn't a huge a risk, although it also isn't great practice - but CoH2.org isn't the only website that posts this sort of information in clear text. Start sniffing your network, you might be surprised. Hell even some banks are using outdated/weak cipher suites for ALL of their online transactions. You should be much more worried about that than the lack of encryption in coh2.org's authentication process. Anyways, as an end-user you should never have the same password for more than one system. You also don't want a password that is in any way/shape or form predictable or related to yourself(statistically I can crack 91% of passwords using a list of only 10,000 different passwords and running a dictionary attack against you). Do yourself a favor and get a password management app - I suggest KeePass 2. Oh if any coh2.org admins read this, I'd be willing to volunteer some part-time services helping administer the security side of the coh2.org server. Can provide certification upon request. In: Lobby
Thread: angreifen VS paul.ad16 Apr 2015, 16:30 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Apr 2015, 06:52 AMJadame! Any chance anyone knows relic servers ip by the way? 54.209.173.245 belongs to amazon or google says so. I have the IP, or what I firmly believe to be the IP address at home. The problem with the address that Paul listed is that it isn't in the correct geographic location. Unless I'm wrong about where the battle server is located, but I trust my sources and research. But yes they use Amazon to host the server. Much easier, more reliable and more secure than managing it themselves, especially as a small company. In: Replays
Thread: angreifen VS paul.ad16 Apr 2015, 00:06 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Apr 2015, 19:42 PM-HOI-PauL.a.D this is my internet speed the ping to coh2 game server. I dont see any problem here. Can u show me yours? Pretty sure that's not Relic's battle server. I am jealous of your upload/download though. Damn. In: Replays
Thread: This ain't top-10 2v2's, but it's epic.12 Apr 2015, 04:38 AM R.I.P. Sierra Another troll bites the dust thanks to CoH2.org mods. In: Replays
Thread: This ain't top-10 2v2's, but it's epic.11 Apr 2015, 05:35 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2015, 05:09 AMSierra Similar if not the same shit talking happens even between top players. Just look at Hans and Paul's game. So shove that up your self righteous ass CieZ. Not trying to impress cunts like you anyway. I read the chat in Hans vs Paul. Hans didn't talk back, therefore Paul looked like a fool. Do you ever see Jesulin rage and talk shit to people? Nope. Does he get respect? Lots of it. Do you ever see Luvnest talk shit to people? Or Cruzz? Or OMGPOP? All these players get respect while the people that talk crazy amounts of shit (like you) get no respect. You reap what you sow my friend. Deal with it. In: Replays
Thread: This ain't top-10 2v2's, but it's epic.10 Apr 2015, 20:32 PM Read chat... And you wonder why you don't get respect Sierra... This game is clearly not worth my time, sorry. In: Replays
Thread: WHAT ABOUT SU85 ??7 Apr 2015, 01:48 AM Su85 is literally the worst tank in the game. Unless the Stuart counts as a tank... maybe that's the worst. Actually, the the Su76 is the worst with the Su85 being a close second. It struggles to ever kill anything heavier than a light vehicle, will never kill a heavy, is less than useless against infantry, has no great utility... like... it's just super bad. Really needs focus sight removed in exchange for an accuracy increasing ability at Vet 1 and a slight mobility increase. The DPS is fine, I guess. But everything else about it kinda sucks. Or maybe leave it as is with a slight cost decrease and decrease the amount of pop-cap it takes up slightly, to make fielding 2 more feasible. In: COH2 Balance