Launcher Auto ip updater

visual studio 2005 works fine with the .net connector its written in c#.net and pm me with an email address and i will be happy to send you a copy of the code so long as you dont release it to the public yet

Ok everyone I am going to post a link within the next hour or so to a launcher for private server owners this wont have the mysql functionality but will instead utilize a variation of the peq updater script it will have just about all the functionality of the hard coded version but with one addition that being that there is a config file in the build where the server admin can set up the app how they want to with a few very fast edits to the values it will auto update the ip for the user based on their logging into the launcher and for people who play from the same ip there is a button they click to update their ip before zoning so their ip updates with the click of the mouse saving time from having to relogin....

more to come

sorry everyone hit a slight snag witht he launcher i think im actually getting tired lol might have to wait till later for me to post the binaries

http://filebeam.com/de7c0b77ca076c1c161398caa6d37710

follow the readme

this is an alpha release so it might be buggy so keep me informed

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I'd recommend being careful about compiling the login information for MySQL into the code. It may be paranoia, but I always feel that anything that goes into the code can be retrieved from the code. Since the user you're using has to have rights to update your account table, it's something you really want to protect.

The way I've seen a lot of them done is that they interface with a back end (other than MySQL) that does the database authentication for them. That way any code authenticating to the back end is client side...but if it's compromised all you have access to is what a user would have access to, rather than what a DB writer would have access to.

If you're not good at client/server programming (I'm sure not), the way that I did mine was using a backend web interface that the user authenticates to. It's just a bunch of PHP pages that return error/success codes. Not to say that's the best way to do it, client/server apps are much more elegant...but it works with little effort.

actually dofuscator thats all i got to say on that one lol try retrieving it from the code ill even tell you where it is in the code and give you binaries with my db information in them lol however youhavent paid attention to what said this is a version for the community it has none of that and uses an adaptation of peq updater not that it matters because you would need alot more then a normal pc's processing power to successfully decompile and decrypt the binaries

oh and one more thing as already stated the launcher DOES NOT update the mysql at all a web script does that i would have to say that client server apps that you suggest are by far more insecure because my way they have to decrypt a whole binary and decompile it where as your way all they gotta do is crack the packet structure

ok I have put up a site

http://eqemulaunch.no-ip.org:83/default.aspx

Id greatly appreciate it if a mod or admin could put this in the main post

Id like everyone who has downloaded this launcher to register on the site and use the forums to give me feedback and bug reports and questions / requests as this post will only be updated for major changes from now on