ATTN server admins: new exploit and corresponding fix

[trainRiderJ]

Anyone who is a server admin (or knows one) should take a look at the following link:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677288

Turns out there is an exploit that can be used to crash your server fairly easily. However, pretty much all the server mods have been updated to protect the server from the exploit. Hopefully Valve will issue a general patch shortly.

 

[MacNetron]

The goldrush update at least deals with the benchmark-exploit:

* Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers

EDIT: here is the complete list of the gold-rush update

 

[trainRiderJ]

The goldrush update at least deals with the benchmark-exploit:

* Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers

EDIT: here is the complete list of the gold-rush update

Yup, update fixed the exploit I mentioned in the first post.