> The client should be treated as untrusted. All the real classification logic belongs server-side where it can’t be tampered with.
That's such a hilarious quote, as it explains exactly why client-side anti-cheat is silly in the first place.
If PCs caught up to Mac in terms of hardware security you would be able to use remote attestation to be able to detect tampering.
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Always a treat to see these people’s articles. Game hacking is wild - though in this case, wouldn’t enforcement of Secure Boot do the trick?
From the conclusion
> Importantly, this work also highlights the defensive implications of such techniques. While Secure Boot and firmware integrity mechanisms would prevent this attack chain when correctly enforced, the explicit requirement for users to disable Secure Boot demonstrates how social and usability tradeoffs continue to undermine otherwise effective platform defenses.
didn't expect an analysis of a cheat from them, interesting technical bits though.
Video game companies should lobby for a DMCA–style law against cheating.
No. That's too soft. We should go one step further and make computers immutable appliances the moment any game is installed, or maybe out of the box.
macOS, Windows and Linux has the technology. Why wait? Kill general purpose comp^H^H^H^H^ communism right now! Protect the children, save the capit^H^H^H^H nation!
How in the world can any sane person see how DMCA got off rails and suggest another one for any kind of purpose ???
> The client should be treated as untrusted. All the real classification logic belongs server-side where it can’t be tampered with.
That's such a hilarious quote, as it explains exactly why client-side anti-cheat is silly in the first place.
If PCs caught up to Mac in terms of hardware security you would be able to use remote attestation to be able to detect tampering.
Always a treat to see these people’s articles. Game hacking is wild - though in this case, wouldn’t enforcement of Secure Boot do the trick?
From the conclusion
> Importantly, this work also highlights the defensive implications of such techniques. While Secure Boot and firmware integrity mechanisms would prevent this attack chain when correctly enforced, the explicit requirement for users to disable Secure Boot demonstrates how social and usability tradeoffs continue to undermine otherwise effective platform defenses.
didn't expect an analysis of a cheat from them, interesting technical bits though.
Video game companies should lobby for a DMCA–style law against cheating.
No. That's too soft. We should go one step further and make computers immutable appliances the moment any game is installed, or maybe out of the box.
macOS, Windows and Linux has the technology. Why wait? Kill general purpose comp^H^H^H^H^ communism right now! Protect the children, save the capit^H^H^H^H nation!
How in the world can any sane person see how DMCA got off rails and suggest another one for any kind of purpose ???