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While classical security with its best practices can be considered a science – fraud prevention is a kind of art. It is not generally possible to build a system which is 100% protected from frauds and cheats – but at least we can try, even when it requires us to cross the line and go into realm of the security-by-obscurity.

Fraud Prevention, page 3:

War on Clones, Part I. IP-based (non-)Identification. Identifying PCs and Macs

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Quote: “NEVER EVER use IPv4 for long-term bans”
Another Quote: “If using MAC addresses to identify devices, you SHOULD gather stats on repeating MAC addresses within your DB”
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MMOG. RTT, Input Lag, and How to Mitigate Them

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Quote: “For fast-paced games, there is one big problem with the flow shown on this diagram, and the name of the problem is “latency” (a.k.a. ‘input lag’)”
Another Quote: “No, better bandwidth doesn’t necessarily mean better latency”
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On Cheating, P2P, and [non-]Authoritative Servers from “D&D of MMOG” book

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Abstract: “Any successful MMOG faces cheaters, and currently authoritative servers is the only way which enables fighting them.”
Quote: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. — Albert Einstein”
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