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Zodiac Meteor · Nov 24, 2009, 06:59 AM // 06:59

With a lot of hacking going on, I'm surprised this hasn't been done.

Following the old runescape formula and their solution to guard storage. Players 'can' add a simple storage code of 4 digits to open their storage.

It's optional to add. Just talk to the Xunlai Agent and request it.
Storage will have 4 digits, simply click the numbers to unlock it.
Whenever you log off, storage will be locked. So when you switch characters you can still access it without adding the code again.
5 tries of fail and storage won't be accessible for X amount of time, 15 or 30 minutes.
If you forget, talk to the Xunlai Agent and it will get rid of your password, but you cannot access it for 5 days or if you managed to remember the code you can input it again to open it for a small 100g fee. The reason for the fee is a hacker cannot keep guessing without spending time to farm gold.

Because you click the numbers a keylogger won't pick it up. I'm not 100% sure that follows for spyware.

Pro:
Your valuables are safe.

Con:
Beggars, forgetting the code. Simply don't give to the lazy.
Anet will have to add this, yet we are still missing the skill update.
Not sure how this works for every hacker program.
Your armor/weapons and what is left in the inventory are still targets.

Bob Slydell · Nov 24, 2009, 08:45 AM // 08:45

What about the click method for GW logon while were at it? Like an on screen keyboard.

Or just plain using smart passwords for GW, protecting both NC and GW accounts as well as not downloading pronz.

Killamus · Nov 24, 2009, 11:49 AM // 11:49

Not hax proof, but it would be nice.

/signed

Zahr Dalsk · Nov 24, 2009, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Better idea: don't give your email away, and get a good antivirus (not shit like, say, norton or avg).

MagmaRed · Nov 24, 2009, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Better idea is to prevent hacking from occurring. That is already done by the players, not Anet. If you fail at that, it is yourself to blame. I have little sympathy for people who get hacked. I know several in my alliance have been, but outside of VERY rare situations, it can always be prevented.

Shayne Hawke · Nov 24, 2009, 02:16 PM // 14:16

I liked the idea at first, but then I realized something: if they can't crack the password on your Xunlai account, they can at least change your account password itself, wait five days, and then viola! They have your stuff, and your account.

I suppose if you then realized something was wrong, you could contact support and hope for a fast enough response, but that's not something I would rely on in a crunch.

damkel · Nov 24, 2009, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Sounds nice. Although NCsoft should sort out their online store before doing stuff like this. How many people in Germany got a perma-ban for buying an extra storage panel? Sucks hard.

Barrage · Nov 24, 2009, 07:24 PM // 19:24

If you really want to be hack proof just keep your details safe, and download NoD32 with a cracked key

Rekliss · Nov 24, 2009, 08:34 PM // 20:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barrage

If you really want to be hack proof just keep your details safe, and download NoD32 with a cracked key

Yes; Let's promote software piracy. who let this guy in here?

The Drunkard · Nov 24, 2009, 09:12 PM // 21:12

/notsigned

Though it's a good suggestion it still doesn't solve the problem of a hacker deleting all of your chars and getting your account banned for botting/gold selling.

MithranArkanere · Nov 24, 2009, 09:48 PM // 21:48

Don't use a shared computer to play GW, that's what best works for all.

Age · Nov 24, 2009, 10:33 PM // 22:33

They already have this in Perfect World Inter. and it would be nice to see in this game.

Barrage · Nov 24, 2009, 10:56 PM // 22:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rekliss

Yes; Let's promote software piracy. who let this guy in here?

I bet you're one of the people that pay 700+ Dollars for photoshop.

Zahr Dalsk · Nov 24, 2009, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rekliss

Yes; Let's promote software piracy. who let this guy in here?

My BitTorrent downloads folder is currently 159gb, most of the software on my computer is pirated, and BitTorrent accounts for some 250gb of my monthly bandwidth.

How does this make you feel?

Chthon · Nov 24, 2009, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

I'm not 100% sure that follows for spyware.

If the keypad has a fixed position or the virtual keys fixed positions to each other, it could be grabbed with a mouse capture. That can be fixed by making the virtual keys randomly positioned (ex: 1,4,0,7,5,2,3,9,8,6).

Spyware that caps and saves screenshots could get it, but (a) it causes such a performance problem that most people notice it, and (b) a human being is usually needed to process the screenshots.

Memory injection would allow a program to steal the info directly from the game client. I've heard that GW is quite vulnerable to such an attack, but that's not my area of expertise.

Hyperventilate · Nov 25, 2009, 12:12 AM // 00:12

We just need to fuse fingerprint scanners into our monitors. Lock Xunlai to a fingerprint scan.

.. That'd be awesome. I'd feel like a FBI agent every time I went to get my mini pets.

Lawliet Kira · Nov 25, 2009, 03:36 AM // 03:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyperventilate

We just need to fuse fingerprint scanners into our monitors. Lock Xunlai to a fingerprint scan.

.. That'd be awesome. I'd feel like a FBI agent every time I went to get my mini pets.

Best idea yet

pumpkin pie · Nov 25, 2009, 03:53 AM // 03:53

/signed anything that can help in preventing hackers.

Riot Narita · Nov 25, 2009, 10:48 AM // 10:48

/signed - might be useful, optional so it hurts no-one.

Although personally - I don't care about storage security. My storage is full of stuff I use all the time... but I have nothing that's valuable, and I could easily replace everything with a little effort.

If ANet were going to do anything with "security" I'd rather see them tighten up the NCsoft master account weaknesses... or add the option to permanently lock characters against deletion, and make it free when you buy a new character slot, so you never get into the "onoes, I need to reroll a character but now I can't delete any of them".

I hate to be pessimistic, but at this stage of the GW1's life... I don't seriously expect anything new to be done with security.

Just.nl · Nov 25, 2009, 12:24 PM // 12:24

/Signed.

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Other Idea; On World of Warcraft they have an Anti-Hack system now. You can buy a little code thingy for a few euro's/dollars. You can connect that little code thingy to your World of Warcraft account. When you want to login the little code thingy gives you a code. That you need to fill in. You also need to fill in your password.

So if you want to login you NEED that little code thingy. If you lost it. You need to send some account information to Arenanet (Like your activation codes or something).

So a hacker first needs to steal that little code thingy from you if he wants to hack you. So it is almost impossible. Quite good idea from Blizzard imo.
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