server Attack

[CaptainSlow]

We're being extorted. I received this message today:

"if u want your COD2 servers online without Troubles ,,
Send cod2mp_s.exe which u already use it ,
send to this mail : [removed]
i will check my mail , if nothing .... forget ur servers then
but if u send , i will leave ur servers"

I have the IP of the sender, originates from Iran.

Since there are no guarantees the attacks will stop after I send him our binaries, I'd rather have the problem fixed instead of paying 'protection money'.
Therefore, I'm doubling the bounty to 20 euros for someone that can patch/fix the COD2 1.0 executable for Windows that stops these attacks, unless it's technically not possible. Then we'll just have to sit and wait.

[IzNoGoD]

We're being extorted. I received this message today:

"if u want your COD2 servers online without Troubles ,,
Send cod2mp_s.exe which u already use it ,
send to this mail : [removed]
i will check my mail , if nothing .... forget ur servers then
but if u send , i will leave ur servers"

I have the IP of the sender, originates from Iran.

Since there are no guarantees the attacks will stop after I send him our binaries, I'd rather have the problem fixed instead of paying 'protection money'.
Therefore, I'm doubling the bounty to 20 euros for someone that can patch/fix the COD2 1.0 executable for Windows that stops these attacks, unless it's technically not possible. Then we'll just have to sit and wait.

Use libcod on linux, it's not that hard.

[CaptainSlow]

What about blocking whole Iran with your firewall? Yes I know that it can be bypassed.

That could be an option yes. True, it can be bypassed via VPN or a proxy, but then he must be really dedicated to crash our servers.

Use libcod on linux, it's not that hard.

You're right, it's not hard to use, but we run more than just COD2 servers on our Windows machine. We run ARK, Sniper Elite 3, TeamSpeak etc. I know some of those will also have a Linux variant available, but not all.
The most important reason we run Windows is because of Statsgen2. Now I could make Statsgen2 work with a Linux COD2 server, but that would require FTPing over logfiles etc and to be honest, I don't quite feel investing all that time and effort because some scriptkiddy is annoying is. But yes, you're right. Libcod would fix it, but again, I would be very grateful if someone could patch this exploit for Windows as well

PS. We've ran COD2 servers on Linux in the past. Headless, so Ubuntu Server (commandline only). After /boot got full with old kernels (100MB) and I accidentally deleted the wrong one (yes you're allowed to laugh), I gave up and switched to Windows Server.