06-30-2004, 09:34 AM
There was a great suggestion to stop botting on the battle.net forums a while ago. You know when you register to a webmail/other service; usually the last thing to do is to enter a series of letters/numbers of a blurry image. I don't remember the name of this technique but anyway someone suggested a same kind of system for D2 game creation. Thinking it more closely, it could actually work without causing an annoyance to legit players, you'd only need to enter 1 or 2 characters. Bruteforcing is preventable by giving temporary bans for.. say.. 3 failures in a row. And as soon as someone bypasses the technique, Blizzard updates a different kind of image set server-side forcing the botters to start writing yet another algorithm.
As far as I can see, this would be a very efficient way to prevent botting. Now, will Blizzard implement it, that remains to be seen.
As far as I can see, this would be a very efficient way to prevent botting. Now, will Blizzard implement it, that remains to be seen.
g33k