Stealing rcon password - where's that post?

Rocket · **Stealing rcon password - where's that post? -** 05-07-2003, 03:33 AM

I've been looking all over for a post that talked about someone stealing an rcon password...does anyone else remember this, and better yet, where it is?

05-07-2003, 03:55 PM

are you learning to steal an rcon pw? hake:

Rocket · 05-07-2003, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sclass12

are you learning to steal an rcon pw? hake:

Yes, you caught me, I'm busted oOo:

Actually, if you must know, I'm suspecting that it's happening to one of my servers.

Akuma · 05-07-2003, 05:01 PM

So change your password.

Rocket · 05-07-2003, 05:10 PM

[quote="Gothic_child180":dfb51]So change your password.[/quote:dfb51]

If it was stolen once, it can be stolen again. I'm trying to find out if it's possible to encrypt the transmission of the password. There was a post here a week or two about it, but I can't find it now.

viper6497 · **hey -** 05-07-2003, 11:54 PM

hey did you happen to find out how to get a rcon password?

Dreamcatcher · **stolen RCON -** 05-08-2003, 03:50 AM

I have looked for this post as well.

my server has been crashed and had those pesky spinning boats spawned by someone, im not sure if this is the result of a stolen rcon password or perhaps it was somone with the rcon password.

Would someone have to have the rcon password in order to crash the server and/or spawn boats?

=FM=1st Lt prey · **Re: stolen RCON -** 05-08-2003, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamcatcher

my server has been crashed and had those pesky spinning boats spawned by someone, im not sure if this is the result of a stolen rcon password or perhaps it was somone with the rcon password.

Would someone have to have the rcon password in order to crash the server and/or spawn boats?

The server-crash fix has been out for decades and no they dont need rcon to do it.

And to fucking repeat myself for the tenth time THEY DONT HACK YOUR RCON ITS A FUCKING SCRIPT geez oOo:

The script just changes their name for a split second to `console` so they can spam pre-typed sentances when they are alive looking like they have rcon password.

If someone has your rcon they most probably hacked your e-mail account and obtained it that way, so far as im aware hackers have never been able to obtain rcon passwords or this would have been a far far more serious problem than any fucking wallhack.

Rocket · 05-08-2003, 10:24 AM

Prey:

I'm not talking about the "console" messages. I'm talking about other types of symptoms that are making me suspicious.

=FM=1st Lt prey · 05-08-2003, 07:04 PM

ohh then i dunno biggrin:

as far as im aware its impossible or near impossible to get rcon passwords from private servers, if its actually happening then i suggest you contact your server provider and explain whats going on.

05-10-2003, 11:03 PM

Far more likely it was stolen in-game than from an email account.. Think of when you and a hacker meet in a server. After that think about the circumstances for each method of obtaining the password. Stealing would require extremely lucky guessing, previous knowledge, or a script/prog. From an email, you'd have to know email, email password (for web based (harder than server pw)) or the pop server and password. Then there would have to actually be an email containing the password. very very unlikely it was obtained through any email. prolly just a smurf