server.cfg rates, security required?

[DataMatrix]

m0- Wrote:That is why you need to send arguments when running the server

Arguments that have a +, clients can change (think of it as public)
Arguments that have a -, clients cannot change (think of it as private)

So when you run steam. -players 12 -maxticrate 2320323203203 (whatever)

This is crap. Ignore this post.

- is basically a COMMAND to the server's executable to change a value in the way srcds operates.
+ is a cvar change.

E.g. you couldn't do +players 12 but you could do +maxplayers 12
or you couldn't do -sv_alltalk 1 but you could do +sv_alltalk 1