A hacking story

[okano666@hotmail.co.uk 81]

So, Im 30years old ive been playing online games since Quake I in 1996 and a gamer all my life.

Studied Computer Security and Ethical Hacking at University.

I hate hackers, script kiddies etc.

I do however run a DayZ server and several times would the entire server get nuked, people teleported. A-10s spawning, Invisible people, emptying entire clips into people and grenading them and they still dont die.

So i decided to take matters into my own hands and Police the server from hackers.

The only way to do this effectivly was to write some scripts and BE bypass.

So there I am I have two working BE bypasses and several scripts at my dissposal. Now i never use them against innocent people and have strict policies that i uphold. But it is the only way to combat against these people who pay for there scripts and call themselves hackers.

Is what i am doing wrong? should i just leave the kids to there scripts?

I observe people and what there doing. Im invisible and cant be killed. If i find someone who spawns themself vehicles or weapons or running around with hacked weapons, i normaly watch them to fully understand what there doing. Then either break there legs a few times, see how they react etc. If they are using scripts i will turn them into a goat/cow/boar - if somehow they get out of that and dont DC i will kill them. Then most likely they spawn at the beach and equip themselves with all the best items and at that point i will add there ip and guid and ban them from the server and continue to kill them / break there legs / turn them in to a sheep untill they dissconnect.

And most of the time they dont change there game name so i will put there name into dayZ commander and follow them doing the same thing.

Griefing the Griefers - its what gives me satisfaction in this game at the minute. But is what i am doing moraly wrong? I have been doing this for around 3weeks - ive been playing dayz since 1.6. Hacking got out of control and i wanted to police my own server and allow people to play the game there without hacking idiots.

[Drogur (DayZ) 169]

I hear where you coming from....but its not really your battle....you as admin has another role there.

[rallye 89]

Vigilante hackivism!

To be honest while I applaud your effort, you're not doing yourself any real favors. Your BE Bypass may be real solid but eventually it may/will be detected and you will be banned. Cheating to catch cheaters just kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. You would be best to resign yourself to the reality and do what a proper admin should do. Use your logs.

[Warhog (DayZ) 26]

Beating them with they're own weaponery. Smart :D

[Drogur (DayZ) 169]

Beating them with they're own weaponery. Smart :D

Smart if it was allowed....it isnt.....so therefore not smart at all....

[okano666@hotmail.co.uk 81]

Vigilante hackivism!

To be honest while I applaud your effort, you're not doing yourself any real favors. Your BE Bypass may be real solid but eventually it may/will be detected and you will be banned. Cheating to catch cheaters just kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. You would be best to resign yourself to the reality and do what a proper admin should do. Use your logs.

The problem with the logs is you cant really tell who spawned a vehicle, or is teleporting around etc. It is hard to see. I do check the logs as much as possible but the only thing i can tell 100% is if they have a hacked weapon and have hacked gear etc.

If the logs were readable then that would be possible and i wouldnt have taken this action. There is alot of info hidden and because if it wasnt admins would be able to abuse there role and see where every vechile is and where every person is on the map. It is possible however to use a conversion to work out where everyone is on the map via the co ords in the logs - by the time the logs have been checked the person is normaly long gone so i have been policing the server manualy and keeping an eye on it in game.

But it has taken over it almost needs 24/7 observation and i miss just playing the game. There is atleast 1 hacker on the server everyday sometimes 2 or 3 :/

Edited July 24, 2012 by Okano

[doom4mr 135]

You're doing it wrong...

[okano666@hotmail.co.uk 81]

You're doing it wrong...

maybe so two wrongs don't make a right.

[Arnie (DayZ) 21]

I like the turning them into a cow part ? Can you turn them into monkeys or clowns and maybe play some clown music in their area ?

[rallye 89]

The problem with the logs is you cant really tell who spawned a vehicle, or is teleporting around etc. It is hard to see. I do check the logs as much as possible but the only thing i can tell 100% is if they have a hacked weapon and have hacked gear etc.

If the logs were readable then that would be possible and i wouldnt have taken this action. There is alot of info hidden and because if it wasnt admins would be able to abuse there role and see where every vechile is and where every person is on the map. It is possible however to use a conversion to work out where everyone is on the map via the co ords in the logs - by the time the logs have been checked the person is normaly long gone so i have been policing the server manualy and keeping an eye on it in game.

But it has taken over it almost needs 24/7 observation and i miss just playing the game. There is atleast 1 hacker on the server everyday sometimes 2 or 3 :/

Well, he is right you are doing it wrong. Just poke around these boards there are plenty of tools that have been made that should help you locate scripts in your logs.

[Yusho 2]

I think you're doing the right thing. Keep up the good work!

Hackers need to be trolled as much as possible.

[Jaeskern 4]

The only thing i can say is, keep up the good work!