[gameprogrammer] Re: Scoreboard functionality across internet

Maybe some sort of encryption with some random data thrown in as a key
and more random data as garbage, more garbage than real data.  Make it
complex enough that it's not clear what part's the key, what's the score
and what's garbage.  Maybe even use some coding to move the score, key
and garbage around.

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Lilith

>>> On 11/21/2006 at 8:29 PM, in message
<10560e2e0611211829q4cbcdd9bma39b1007d326e7c5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Alan
Wolfe"
<alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey you guys,
> 
> I'm thinking of trying to implement a global scoreboard for a game.
> 
> The game itself is a standard desktop game where you have the exe
and
> files needed on your computer (ie its not a web based game or flash
or
> anything) and the scoreboard i want to reside on a web page.
> 
> Doing the web and database thing isn't a problem but I was
wondering,
> are there any techniques to make this process secure?
> 
> I figure what will happen is the game will connect to a database and
> send high score data, but of course someone could save this
> communication, edit it and replay it so the server said they got
> 1000000000 points or something.
> 
> I know i could do things to make the protocol more obscure such as
> obfuscating the code that runs it, and encrypt the packets and maybe
> use a public/private key setup but I can't come up with a way to
make
> it reliably secure.
> 
> Is it just that this functionality can't be done securely? Or maybe
> someone has some neat techniques? (:
> 
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