Can I protect my servers from getting hacked?

[DukinglyNukem]

Despite my maps which there are ways to protect them. How can I stop people from stealing content from my servers. Can I hire people to block them, or is there software I can buy or use to protect them. Or can I get steam to ban hackers or use them to protect it.

And also, are there any anti-cheat systems I can implement?

[Just Some Guy]

I don't think it's possible to protect your server from it's content being stolen as it's all saved in a folder within Garry's Mod ( steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\download i believe ).

I know there are ways to stop your server from having lua cheats ran on but you'd have to do a quick google on that. Pretty sure there are other anticheats too.

[Bathcat]

Don't be a dumbass, don't get leaked scripts, keep to the workshop.

It would be impossible for someone to steal it (or at least very very very very very very very very very very very very hard).

[DukinglyNukem]

sorry, i was paranoid when I saw a video teaching how to steal content from servers.

[Bathcat]

did you watch all of it

[ŦHË ǤÄMËⱤ ǤŮƔ]

Its really easy to steal content from servers. I can join the server, then disconnect, and in my gmod downloads folder, there will be various .gma files which contain all the content used by the server. Decoding these with a program will yield all of the content neatly organised into materials, sounds, and models. There is not anything you can do to stop it from being accessible.

Now, most of the gmod community is far to young to be online, and lucky for you, it also means that they will most likely lack the required knowledge to decode the content from its .gma form. Which is generally unusable in anything other than gmod. You should also note that code such as lua files, are much harder to steal, assuming you keep your FTP server (if applicable) well secured.

To protect your server from getting hacked, you should download a LUA based anti-cheat. Most cheats/hacks in gmod are coded in lua, and VAC isn't going to be able to see that because gmods core, and hundreds of thousands of legitimate mods are coded in the very same language. A lua based anti-cheat will be able to see those types of hacks and defend your server from them. I personally use QAC(Quack anticheat), but there are various other ones you could also try.

[Just Some Guy]

引用自 ŦHË ǤÄMËⱤ ǤŮƔ：

to decode the content from its .gma form.

Does Gmad do that? Don't know much about it but i assume it's pretty popular.

[RasmusG5]

引用自 Just Some Guy：

引用自 ŦHË ǤÄMËⱤ ǤŮƔ：

to decode the content from its .gma form.

Does Gmad do that? Don't know much about it but i assume it's pretty popular.

yes

[DukinglyNukem]

引用自 ŦHË ǤÄMËⱤ ǤŮƔ：

Its really easy to steal content from servers. I can join the server, then disconnect, and in my gmod downloads folder, there will be various .gma files which contain all the content used by the server. Decoding these with a program will yield all of the content neatly organised into materials, sounds, and models. There is not anything you can do to stop it from being accessible.

Now, most of the gmod community is far to young to be online, and lucky for you, it also means that they will most likely lack the required knowledge to decode the content from its .gma form. Which is generally unusable in anything other than gmod. You should also note that code such as lua files, are much harder to steal, assuming you keep your FTP server (if applicable) well secured.

To protect your server from getting hacked, you should download a LUA based anti-cheat. Most cheats/hacks in gmod are coded in lua, and VAC isn't going to be able to see that because gmods core, and hundreds of thousands of legitimate mods are coded in the very same language. A lua based anti-cheat will be able to see those types of hacks and defend your server from them. I personally use QAC(Quack anticheat), but there are various other ones you could also try.

Now I'm no computer god... yet. But maybe there is a way to make those downloads unable to be decompiled. And make them activatable on my servers only instead of others.

[Just Some Guy]

引用自 Daniel McCreary：

But maybe there is a way to make those downloads unable to be decompiled. And make them activatable on my servers only instead of others.

I'm certain you can't make them unable to be decompiled as it's all the same file type, however you COULD add a few lines of code that checks the server ip and if it's not your server, it displays an error... if it's not against any rules.

[ECS]

Hm.. It's easy to protect your files. From a lot of people. Just don't install leaks or addons from people you do not trust. And be careful of what you download.

Some Protection help: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1889070832

Anti-Cheat better just use modern-anti-cheat.

People can destroy your server if you have a backdoor or gbackdoor. If you require more information. Contact me.

[ECS]

Also the files you download from servers. Is mostly from the workshop. And just content. Non of the actual files. From the server.

(Garry's Mod)

Vac is disabled. (Since idk)

[Bathcat]

check date

[Madnus bandit.gg]

If you make a report to steam they will not answear player reports. They have a anti cheat ♥♥♥♥ that bans people if they are using hacks. Just don't get out information of the scripts or addons you use.

[DukinglyNukem]

This is old as rotten cheese guys.