Opinion from Community

BWStripes · #1 03-29-2009, 10:07 AM

People just want a login server that works. People who try the emu like the fact that it is also free. Independent of "freedom", "choice", "admins", "bad code" or anything else.

Yes, the LS is currently a single point of failure/attack. We recognise that the people attacking the LS do not want to play.

If I understand correctly, the attacks are DoS, rather than DDoS. So, even with the added emergency state, the people attacking it reduce it to zero functionality, achieving their aim.

The admins, having other real commitments, react as well as is possible for a service with limited access. This is not a business service with admins sitting on it 24/7.

Good firewalls can be configured to recognise and block attacks, but would it be fast enough stop the LS collapsing? VPNs would help shut out the attacks, but are perhaps beyond the technical ability of many.

A distributed LS can be more resilient, but it will still be attacked, especially if people are targeting the LS because of an issue with a particular server, or person.

In this age of script kiddies, if you want resilience and stability, use adult tools and services. If that means getting a commercial host, then so be it.

WillowyLady · #2 03-29-2009, 10:34 AM

A solution that keeps this community together, rather than letting it fragment would be, I feel, desirable.

I am sure the present situation will resolved, seems like a series of hoops and hurdles have to be overcome.

All good things are worth waiting for.

Xzam · #3 03-29-2009, 11:11 AM

Why not release what you have and let others look at what you have as with many great ideas that I have seen here. Many came up with great ideas, put them up for others to look at, revised them as a PROJECT. There are serveral in this community that have the knowledge to add to this and make it work for all and they will always support the ideas of others good or bad. I personally would like to see a LS that works 100% of the time however I would not ever use anything that was not part of this community.

Alby · #4 03-29-2009, 11:30 AM

I support this. I'm not sure what is going on with KLS - but the whole donation and update process seems to have disappeared. It would be nice if those who donated could get an update on what's going on. I think the bottom line is something needs to be done quicker than what is being done now, this project is starting to lose people.

Angelox · #5 03-29-2009, 11:39 AM

I trust KLS, don't worry about her, for now we should trust all those people in the Project who work for us.
There's a reason why they are not speaking up, so give it some time.

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Originally Posted by Alby

I support this. I'm not sure what is going on with KLS - but the whole donation and update process seems to have disappeared. It would be nice if those who donated could get an update on what's going on. I think the bottom line is something needs to be done quicker than what is being done now, this project is starting to lose people.

image · #6 03-29-2009, 12:05 PM

I see what we are getting at with the shared LS, we would need a way to generate UNIQUE id's that way, sort of like how everquest has those item id tags.

The reason I say this is, if I have LSID account 1 on my public server (which we obviously do), the private server would have LSID 1 of a different user. The Login server uses the LSID to identify and pass. Yes you can setup a private password with #setpass if they have the tables meshed in the same database, but the LSID would still be an issue.

So I think this would require a bit of re-work.

Edit: The reason I want unique LSID's is there still are a lot of database functions/calls that use the LSID and this would cause problems with login and world.

Jexl · #7 03-29-2009, 02:14 PM

I support the Private LS option (unlimited accounts and 1 or 1-3 world servers).
I also support the unified website with stats and all those details for servers. (People can advertise their servers here and have all the details needed.)

I also support the unity that the EQEMU team has shown me in the past few years.
I might be a lurker, I can't offer as much as i have obtained from this community, however this will make lots of people happy, and lots of people won't feel tied to having a LS they don't have any control over.