[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Play By E-Mail - PBEM

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 02:19:40AM +0100, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2003, Christian Knoke wrote:
> 
> > Astarot didn't want *security* but a bit *obscurity* so that he can *feel*
> > comfortably save. After all, why not? We make a game, not an ATM ;)
> 
> Like what?
> XOR the savedgame bytes with some number or use ROT-13?
> Heh.

Yes!

Add a bit bit-shifting. Save the passwords of the auth patch in the
savegame, maybe restrict some server commands, add a --pbem option.

Christian

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