Advanced In-Game Admin and Ban Enforcer - AdKats

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

We run this across 5 servers, and have noticed a weird thing with 3.0.4;

 

When our server get towards full, Adkats seems to cause Procon to lag, by about 5-15 seconds depending on how full the server is,

this of course affects other plugins running etc.

 

I rolled a couple of servers back to 3.0.1 and this does not occur....

 

When procon is lagging, if you disable the Adkats plugin, the lag disappears immediately.

Disabling other plugins has no affect.

 

Any help appreciated! Love the plugin, but it plays havoc with Multibalancer with a bit of lag

We run on a hosted layer, and each game server connected to its own layer, and own plugins.

Hmmm, i might know the cause, i'll try implementing a fix right away.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jasonpb*:

 

Probably tonight. For those of you with many servers, how long does the whole update process take for AdKats? Assuming cleaning/dll deletion needs doing as well.

4x instances, less than a half a minute, unless I am missing something it's a rather simple task?

 

Startup takes maybe 20 seconds for the layers to all be connected and the plugins listed within procon.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jking54*:

 

3.0.4 lags procon for me too Col, and my server is hardly ever filled...btw donation inbound

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by sanshinron*:

 

Any news on fix for restart loop when running Procon on mono/linux? I would seriously love to use this plugin!

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Any news on fix for restart loop when running Procon on mono/linux? I would seriously love to use this plugin!

I have no idea what is causing the error, so I'm not sure how to fix it. Other people have said it just doesn't load, but you said restart loop, what do you mean?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

3.0.4 lags procon for me too Col, and my server is hardly ever filled...btw donation inbound

I know, I'm working on it, i started doing some repeat IP checking in 304 for new players who don't have IPs logged yet to check against IP bans, but that is lagging everything, I'll optimize it.

 

And thanks for the donation

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jking54*:

 

I know, I'm working on it, i started doing some repeat IP checking in 304 for new players who don't have IPs logged yet to check against IP bans, but that is lagging everything, I'll optimize it.

 

And thanks for the donation

You're very welcome and your efforts are very appreciated!

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Among the bug-fixes and (hopefully) performance increase since 304, i'm doing two other things. First, i've removed the @yes confirm when doing a self-inflicted @kill. Secondly, i'm considering removing the confirm when acting on reports by ID. Let me know if the second one is a good idea.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jasonpb*:

 

With the PB bypass it's allowing people to set whatever names they want, here's the result.

 

Plugin remained up for the record.

 

Code:

[18:13:11 41] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "||_++()++_||" - Nested quantifier +.   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)
[18:13:38 91] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "||_++[]++_||" - Unterminated [] set.
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanCharClass(Boolean caseInsensitive, Boolean scanOnly)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.CountCaptures()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)
[18:16:37 67] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "|||_++()++_||" - Nested quantifier +.
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

With the PB bypass it's allowing people to set whatever names they want, here's the result.

 

Plugin remained up for the record.

 

Code:

[18:13:11 41] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "||_++()++_||" - Nested quantifier +.   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)
[18:13:38 91] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "||_++[]++_||" - Unterminated [] set.
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanCharClass(Boolean caseInsensitive, Boolean scanOnly)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.CountCaptures()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)
[18:16:37 67] [AdKats] EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentException: parsing "|||_++()++_||" - Nested quantifier +.
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex()
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
   at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(String input, String pattern, RegexOptions options)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.<completeTargetInformation>b__6(String sub)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.completeTargetInformation(AdKat_Record record, Boolean requireConfirm)

Interesting...i'll put a safeguard in there, but know that i have no way of testing the fix in a live situation until one of these guys gets in our servers again. Not that it should take long till that happens, been banning several a day since it started.

 

Also, was "||_++[]++_||" their in-game name? Seems like they can set it to whatever they want, even special characters, wow.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jking54*:

 

Interesting...been banning several a day since it started.

Yeah isn't it something? I've been playing sporadically just to get back into rhythm for Bf4 and it's worse than ever from when I stopped playing in early 2012, can't wait for the BF4 hackathon to start

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Yeah isn't it something? I've been playing sporadically just to get back into rhythm for Bf4 and it's worse than ever from when I stopped playing in early 2012, can't wait for the BF4 hackathon to start

It took them over a year to find this exploit though, considering all the people dedicated to hacking the game i'm glad it's lasted this long. They should be patching it, especially since it's such a massive problem now.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

With the PB bypass it's allowing people to set whatever names they want, here's the result.

 

Plugin remained up for the record.

Wait a second...why am i adding a safeguard for this? The only way that regex would fail is if the player hacked in an invalid playername. So if people are alright with it i'll just check players for malformed names and permaban them on the spot instead of adding failsafes for malformed names. Player names can be no longer than 16 characters, and may only contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. Anything else is hacked in. I already do a check for valid soldier name when adding/altering players in the access list, so doing it here would be easy.

 

Alternatively you could just use @Zaeed 's PB GUID checker plugin, it checks for these malformed names, and that way they are gone before they ever become a problem in AdKats. That would probably be the better solution.

 

Awaiting everyone's thoughts on this.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jasonpb*:

 

I am running it and it's set to kick on name change and ban on on the PB_GUID check after 15x times, it's picked up a fair few players but for some reason this guy remained and I had to manually ban him.

 

And yes, he changed his in-game name about three times my concern was more about it crashing the plugin though.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

I am running it and it's set to kick on name change and ban on on the PB_GUID check after 15x times, it's picked up a fair few players but for some reason this guy remained and I had to manually ban him.

 

And yes, he changed his in-game name about three times my concern was more about it crashing the plugin though.

Don't worry, if the plugin actually crashes you won't get an error message, the only reason it's printing those exceptions is because i caught and handled it. Everything else should still operate, just the current task you told it to do may not be completed.

[Prophet731]

Originally Posted by Prophet731*:

 

Expect the web admin to be release sometime tonight. It's not done by any means but a majority of the pages that are needed are done and ready to go. All support for the web admin will now be handled here now as it's easier to keep it all in one place and I don't need to Hijack Colons thread anymore.

 

Please read the requirements here.

 

I will give a more in-depth install guide later tonight for it.

[Prophet731]

Originally Posted by Prophet731*:

 

Ok, i'm just waiting for the authorization for the protected php files. In the meantime, look over this how to and make sure you are ready once I post a download link.

 

Only focus on the first two instructions (Preparing the server environment and Ioncube) since you can't do any of the others yet.

 

http://www.adkgamers.com/topic/32364...n/#entry115185

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Version 3.1.0 Test Release: https://raw.github.com/ColColonClean...test/AdKats.cs

 

This should solve the lag problem from IP checks among other things, will release docs for it tomorrow if no problems are found.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jking54*:

 

Ok, i'm just waiting for the authorization for the protected php files. In the meantime, look over this how to and make sure you are ready once I post a download link.

 

Only focus on the first two instructions (Preparing the server environment and Ioncube) since you can't do any of the others yet.

 

http://www.adkgamers.com/topic/32364...n/#entry115185

Hi, I've recetly came back to the game in preparation for BF4 and must've missed the discussion on this, what is web admin all about or point me to the proper location? Thanks.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by www-battleplay4u-com*:

 

cant wait for it

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by AgentHawk*:

 

Error: Database Server info could not be fetched! Make sure XpKiller's Stat Logger is running on this server!

[21:40:02 78] [AdKats] Disabling all functionality. Please Wait.

 

_?

BF3 Chat, GUID, Stats and Map Logger - 1.1.0.1 is running....Wrong Plugin?

 

Thanks for help

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Error: Database Server info could not be fetched! Make sure XpKiller's Stat Logger is running on this server!

[21:40:02 78] [AdKats] Disabling all functionality. Please Wait.

 

_?

BF3 Chat, GUID, Stats and Map Logger - 1.1.0.1 is running....Wrong Plugin?

 

Thanks for help

Did you just enable stat logger for the first time? If so it might take a minute or so for the server info to enter the database. Try enabling AdKats again after a couple minutes of running stat logger.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by AgentHawk*:

 

cool....Thanks for your VERRY quick reply

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jamesonp*:

 

Just a question, but why are you encrypting the php files? I'd think the procon community would benefit from people being able to customize aspects of code to suit their needs..

[Prophet731]

Originally Posted by Prophet731*:

 

Just a question, but why are you encrypting the php files? I'd think the procon community would benefit from people being able to customize aspects of code to suit their needs..

The web admin is not open source otherwise I wouldn't have encrypted some of the files. The web admin was my communitys custom web admin until AdKats came around and when ban management came into play it was soon realized that we had to release a web admin for it so we decided to just re-write the entire thing so everyone can use it without any specific code to my gaming community which was heavily added before the rewrite.

 

 

You can now download the web admin here: http://www.adkgamers.com/files/file/27-web-admin/

 

Please direct any problems/questions/feature requests to this section.

 

http://www.adkgamers.com/forum/265-adk-web-dev-support/

 

Looking forward to new suggestions and improving it.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jamesonp*:

 

Loving it, thanks!

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Jasonpb*:

 

Have to say I'm a little disappointed in how this has panned out after waiting so long ;(

 

On top of the encoded files which I see as unnecessary, however your choice, there's a gazillion links pointing back to the adkgamers site. This isn't just images either it's core files that will be hosted by them, that means if their site goes down your admin panel is going to be broken.

 

We host everything we possibly can ourselves, so we have control over it, so it's likely a no go for us now unfortunately.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Have to say I'm a little disappointed in how this has panned out after waiting so long ;(

 

On top of the encoded files which I see as unnecessary, however your choice, there's a gazillion links pointing back to the adkgamers site. This isn't just images either it's core files that will be hosted by them, that means if their site goes down your admin panel is going to be broken.

 

We host everything we possibly can ourselves, so we have control over it, so it's likely a no go for us now unfortunately.

Putting my thoughts out for public view. The AdKats WebAdmin I envisioned was not what ended up being developed, at least in implementation, not functionality. This was mainly due to politics within my community, and stubbornness on the part of some involved. I will keep pushing for what was originally intended.

 

The current webadmin does operate however, for those who can live with not being able to edit files, and rely on an external server for files. Although there is this dependency, this means we can push UI updates without you needing to edit anything, they will automatically persist to your systems.

[Prophet731]

Originally Posted by Prophet731*:

 

Have to say I'm a little disappointed in how this has panned out after waiting so long ;(

 

On top of the encoded files which I see as unnecessary, however your choice, there's a gazillion links pointing back to the adkgamers site. This isn't just images either it's core files that will be hosted by them, that means if their site goes down your admin panel is going to be broken.

 

We host everything we possibly can ourselves, so we have control over it, so it's likely a no go for us now unfortunately.

The reason we have to host the js/css/img files is due to the licence for the theme. I can't hand out those files are they are source files. I've made sure that in the event the site does go down a backup of the files are still available and the web admin is still able to be used. On top of that im using cloudflare with its CDN service so the files will be cached locally on your computer for a week before re-downloading them. You can read the licence information here.

 

Its your choice if you want to use the web admin or not. If the licence allowed me to distribute the files with the product I would have done that.

 

I'm still deciding if there is still a need to use Ioncube, so maybe in some upcoming version i'll remove that dependency.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

We will be creating a new thread for it in this plugin section, since it controls a plugin. I will push it through in the next few days, then all support and questions can be routed there.