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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design) </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:29:26 -0700</LI>
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:41:40 -0600
Chris Gray<cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> wrote:
> [J C Lawrence:]
>> 3) Data I don't care if its correct or not.
>> Examples of each:
>> #3 Predictive data from clients, or data from clients that
>> doesn't directly affect world state (eg SAY, TELL).
> Only if no NPC hears what is spoken and acts on it. E.g.
> tell packrat to kill Chris
<ponder>
I fail to see how this is a compromise outside of the case where the
claimed originator of the command is forged (already caught by
simple veracity checking -- commands for characters can only
originate from clients representing those characters).
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00196" HREF="msg00196.html">[MUD-Dev] [Tech] socket slowdown solved</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 14 Oct 1998, 05:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00216" HREF="msg00216.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [Tech] socket slowdown solved</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00192" HREF="msg00192.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00202" HREF="msg00202.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00214" HREF="msg00214.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 15 Oct 1998, 02:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00180" HREF="msg00180.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environment</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 19:08 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00170" HREF="msg00170.html">[MUD-Dev] A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environment</A></strong>,
Brandon A Downey <a href="mailto:badowney#sprynet,com">badowney#sprynet,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 09:15 GMT
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