Is my account secure?

[Zaela]

Probably not related, but the client uses absurdly weak encryption when sending credentials to the login server (specifically, plain old DES with a static IV and key of ALL ZEROES).

If anyone is in a position to monitor your network traffic when you log in, they could have your account name and password within milliseconds. Not that there's p99-targetting spyware out there (why bother) but... security on EQ is really not worth getting worked up about.

[Swish]

To stop meltdown, make a new account for each character.... and if one gets compromised you haven't lost "everything".

[Tann]

Aside from whatever issue are betwixt GG and staff, is effing with the players really helping his crusade?

Or am I giving his maturity too much credit?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I thought it was an unwritten rule of the intranets you never fuck with people and RL. Serious. Whoever did that makes Sam Deathwalker look like a better citizen.

[Pokesan]

this is pretty much filbus' fault for introducing GG to fermented turnip juice, it's real powerful stuff

[fahlen]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To stop meltdown, make a new account for each character.... and if one gets compromised you haven't lost "everything".

Not possible though right?

[Rustler]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To stop meltdown, make a new account for each character.... and if one gets compromised you haven't lost "everything".

but if you cant move characters from accounts, how is this suppose to help

[Ele]

Originally Posted by fahlen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not possible though right?

Originally Posted by Rustler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but if you cant move characters from accounts, how is this suppose to help

When you roll a new character. Current characters are where they are.

[Pokesan]

TAKProject lets you move characters between accounts. Consider TAKProject!

[Axlrose]

Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I thought it was an unwritten rule of the intranets you never fuck with people and RL. Serious. Whoever did that makes Sam Deathwalker look like a better citizen.

Some of the "stories" I heard over the years playing Eve Online:

- During a fan fest presentation, a very drunk Mittani - leader of Goonswarm who preached their purpose was to ruin your game, asked his listeners to push a ~broken~ person towards suicide. He later apologized for the event and was removed from leader of the CSM (a group of elected players that directly interact with CCP developers).

- Corporations build such hatred towards other corporations that horror stories of people getting their cable and telephone lines cut just to curtail players logging into the game.

- Both CCP and players have had DOS attacks that crashed the game or servers.

And for the most part, this is considered "normal".