[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13262) pubserver-in-a-diff

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13262 >

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Jason Short wrote:
> Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> >>Perhaps the check should be changed so that all non-AI players must be
> >>ready.Then if you have (in new games or loaded games) a created player
> >>you must either wait for someone to connect to him or aitoggle him.And
> >>this should apply in both modes.
> >
> > Then all you need to do to cheat is to aitoggle your opponents and start
> > the savegame... Very bad.
>
> This is insufficient to prevent cheating.All you need to do to start
> the game is connect with a dummy client as guest and then /take your
> opponent.

Not if the server runs authentication...

  - Per