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It's perfectly normal for big open source projects that the original creators keep control over the project and just delegate work. Two examples:...
Sure, you blame EvilSeph for doing his job, which is working on Minecraft. Those that work on CraftBukkit focus on hunting the problem in...
Java will never have physical thread support in the language itself, because that would destroy system independency. But the JavaVMs usually map...
Well, if the attacker is using hotspot shield, you could always just set up the firewall to drop all packets coming from hotspot shield ip address...
Yes, that's a better way to label it.
The idea is correct, but that's not exactly how it works. The attacker can't hijack anything that's sent to minecraft.net, but he can trick the...
Well, the users can fall victim to this attack too. Think about a "Faction" server, one of the normal users is leader of a big faction. Now an...
Nothing is easier than social engineering someone to visit you server. "I've seen you use plugin X here. I tried to set it up on my local server...
Hi, please read: http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/nocheat/#c958 It will explain in detail how attackers are able to OP themselves by abusing...
As TnT said, they can only use your account as long as they stay connected to the server. Once they get disconnected, they'd have to repeat the...
I've suggested a simple fix for the problem in a bug report which would require only very little changes to server, client and minecraft's...
If at all, it has to be fixed by Mojang/Minecraft by changing how authentication in Minecraft works. So it will definitely take at least an update...
I've written a more detailed explaination of how this attack works here: http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/nocheat/#c958
Because I can reach a lot of people here: Do not login to any MC servers that you don't fully trust, as it is currently possible for the owner of...
Add this warning: Do not login to any MC servers that you don't fully trust, as it is currently possible for the owner of that server to steal...
Turn off the "noswing" check or get the Mcmmo author to fix the problem. Good luck finding another working(!) Anti-Cheat plugin. You can read...
No, there aren't. "Force OP" is an elaborate joke: 1. Server owner hears from other server owners that "Force OP" exists and works. 2. Server...
They are listed in the "Instructions.txt" file that gets automatically generated when the plugin starts. Alternatively, you can find that file...
Depends on if it breaks before alternatives are available. But I think Bukkit will be stable for some weeks now, enough for others to build...
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