[Free] Server features to be discussed

[grant at bluetube.com]

ah, I'm with you David.....

I don't think its possible to secure the client unless the player itself allows a digitally signed swf where the server could request the signature of the swf itself.

If the swf is sending data to the server it can be spoofed/compromised by a developer and the sandbox won't project the server if the client is running inside the flash player or IDE.  


Its late, I need to think more after sleep :)

Grant.

 
> I think the issue is...what happens when a user takes his flash
> client, for say a multiplayer game, Super Tank Attacks, and modifies
> it so the tank moves 10x as fast?
> Ideally, you'd be able to detect that the client was modified.
> Unfortunately, I don't think there is any 100% reliable way of doing
> this, that can't be hacked. The solution, is to do application-level
> checks, like having the game app on the server verify the players
> aren't moving too fast. There's nothing we can really do at the
> server-level I don't think.
> 
> -David R
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