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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:26:09 -0600</LI>
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[J C Lawrence:]
>Chris Gray<cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> wrote:
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>> [J C Lawrence:]
>>> 3) Data I don't care if its correct or not.
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>>> Examples of each:
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>>> #3 Predictive data from clients, or data from clients that
>>> doesn't directly affect world state (eg SAY, TELL).
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>> Only if no NPC hears what is spoken and acts on it. E.g.
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>> tell packrat to kill Chris
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><ponder>
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>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).
[Long clip to get context.]
I must have missed or ignored some important context. I was just trying
to show that things like SAY and TELL can affect world state. Perhaps
not directly enough to matter in the context that I've missed.
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Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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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>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 23:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00194" HREF="msg00194.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>, Wed 14 Oct 1998, 01:41 GMT
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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>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 14 Oct 1998, 17:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00205" HREF="msg00205.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Wed 14 Oct 1998, 19:21 GMT
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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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<LI><strong><A NAME="00177" HREF="msg00177.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environment</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 18:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00169" HREF="msg00169.html">[MUD-Dev] Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World Design)</A></strong>,
mark <a href="mailto:mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU">mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 06:29 GMT
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