Somebody crashing my server!

[ickypop]

Ok, somebody I know for a fact keeps crashing my Counter Strike: Source server on purpose. I need to know how to prevent it so it does not happen and if it does how to quickly restore it. This is an emergency because I have a lot of players playing at once.

[Mooga]

Do you have the logs so we can see which exploit he is using?

[realchamp]

1. Update your server.

2. Make sure it's updated.

3. The reason:
Valve had some client commands that will go check if some files exits on the server. If you spam them, the server will crash immediately!

Yes it still works on alot of servers since they haven't been updated yet!

[ickypop]

GUYS I HAVE -AUTOUPDATE in my srcds properties. A person name [M.I.A.P.D.] M.I.A. IS CRASHING IT. He is doing it on purpose because he hates me. Now how can I prevent this from happening!

[realchamp]

ickypop Wrote:GUYS I HAVE -AUTOUPDATE in my srcds properties. A person name [M.I.A.P.D.] M.I.A. IS CRASHING IT. He is doing it on purpose because he hates me. Now how can I prevent this from happening!

Hehehe. Is it Windows server?

EDIT: Just checked, it is.


Ohh well. The -autoupdate for Windows is broken and do NOT update your server


EDIT: I was on your server. And yes, you will have to update it. I could use those commands (sorry )

Run the HldsUpdateTool.exe with -verify_all

[pengy]

Do you get the client buffer overflow error? Or does the server crash and restart, please provide more information.

[assmunk]

now that you know who the person is do you have his steam id? if so just ban him... and theres a few event scripts you can use to prevent this

1) ironwall
2)block crash

i would post the links but the site seems to be down