[CoD2][Tutorial] How to make your cracked server show up in the master list

[Mitch]

Everybody probably knows how cracked servers work. They do not use the master list so everybody can join their server. This causes that everybody gets 0 as guid including players who do have an original key. Cracked servers won't show up in the master list because they do not use it.

There is a way to make a cracked server only cracked for the players who cannot join servers that are original. The workaround has two steps.

First you gotta block the packets that the master list sends to the server that say that the player that is connecting isn't allowed to join the server, because he is banned or has an invalid key. This is done by blocking it using the firewall.

In this case iptables:

iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m string --algo bm --string "BANNED_CDKEY" --sport 20700 --dport 28961 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m string --algo bm --string "INVALID_CDKEY" --sport 20700 --dport 28961 -j DROP

If your server has a other port, change the dport to the port your server uses or remove it to make it drop every packet.

Now there is one problem left. There is a ~30 minute delay for cracked before you can join them. So if a player joins he will keep connecting for a long time.
You can fix this by patching (hexing) the binary like is done in the latest cracked binary. I compared the original and the cracked binary and this is how they solve this issue:

Original (address 45429h) (patch 1.3)

80 4F 12

Patched

9A 10 00

This is binary i patched for 1.3: cod2_lnxded.rar

Now cracked players can join your original server and you will still have your guid. Also your server will show up in the master list =].

[kung foo man]

It's the same for 1.2, just a different address (0x4535D).

[kung foo man]

This version got:
- No Location strings spam (sometimes nice for debugging but most of the time just annoying)
- VA-patch
- cracked

(thanks to Teufel for testing va-bug)

[Mitch]

There might be a way to get a windows server on the master list. But it won't give your original players their guids.

In windows firewall you can block incoming and outgoing traffic. For getting on the master list you need to send a heartbeat to the master server from cod2. So you only block all incoming traffic from port 20700 for port(s) your server(s) run on.

Also you need to compare the original and cracked exe and fix the 30 minute delay in the original exe.

[thOuMta]

It's on win7 but not on win 2008 (for server).
How block this port in this firewall ?

[Mitch]

It's on win7 but not on win 2008 (for server).
How block this port in this firewall ?

I just checked it with win server 2008 r2 (enterprise) and it is there.

Go to Firewall > Advanced settings



Now add a new inbound



Now we are gonna set up the rule.

Rule Type: custom
Program: All or just cod2
Protocol and ports: UDP
local ports: 28960 (specific)
remote ports: 20700 (specific)

Scope: you could add that the rule only applies to 63.146.124.40 as remote ip
Action: Block the connection



Now your firewall will block all incoming traffic from the cod2 master server. Let me know if your server stays in the master list while blocking all their incoming traffic.

[thOuMta]

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[Mitch]

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Maybe it is under Server Manager.



http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...C-snap-in.html

[thOuMta]

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