Vassal Freezing

[Wild]

- I over loaded the server

Basic summary, this particular character harasses the V40k players and has found a new trick, the ability to overload the server. What this does for us is completely freeze Vassal, rendering it unusable unless we exit out and go back in. He uses the 3.1.5 Vassal Engine. He’s started to use this exploit in the past week now, and hopefully there’s a counter or something that can be done for it.

[uckelman]

Thus spake “Wild”:

- I over loaded the server

Basic summary, this particular character harasses the V40k players and has fo
und a new trick, the ability to overload the server. What this does for us i
s completely freeze Vassal, rendering it unusable unless we exit out and go b
ack in. He uses the 3.1.5 Vassal Engine. He’s started to use this exploit i
n the past week now, and hopefully there’s a counter or something that can be
done for it.

Can you tell us what it is that he’s doing?

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J.

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[Wild]

Unfortunately, I’m not sure what it is he’s doing exactly. But the end result is that all of vassal freezes for multiple users. No menus can be accessed, no private message windows, no movement of pieces. Only a full exit/ending java itself will unfreeze it, but at the cost of losing the game itself without prior saving. What I have noticed is that before it happens there’s two of him, both in the (anonymous) name, before it freezes. One is clearly him, while the other a ghost.

[Brent_Easton]

Two suggestions of things you can do up front.

1. Right click on his user, select Profile, note his IP address, complain to his ISP.

2. Lock the room and boot any anonymous players. Check the IP address of players in the room.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure what it is he’s doing exactly. But the end
result is that all of vassal freezes for multiple users. No menus can be
accessed, no private message windows, no movement of pieces. Only a full
exit/ending java itself will unfreeze it, but at the cost of losing the
game itself without prior saving. What I have noticed is that before it
happens there’s two of him, both in the (anonymous) name, before it
freezes. One is clearly him, while the other a ghost.

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[uckelman]

Thus spake “Wild”:

- I over loaded the server

Basic summary, this particular character harasses the V40k players and has fo
und a new trick, the ability to overload the server. What this does for us i
s completely freeze Vassal, rendering it unusable unless we exit out and go b
ack in. He uses the 3.1.5 Vassal Engine. He’s started to use this exploit i
n the past week now, and hopefully there’s a counter or something that can be
done for it.

Have you had any success complaining to his ISP?

–
J.

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