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Linux being open source and gpl licensed is a problem for anti-cheats.

• adtac 8y ago
  Why does the operating system's license matter for software running on top of it? The software can still be proprietary.
  • Avamander 8y ago
    You can recompile every component of your system to lie to the s*y anti-cheat.
    • sangnoir 8y ago
      This smacks of "security through obscurity" to me. Windows has been thoroughly reverse-engineered by black-, gray- and white-hats: is there a single windows .dll, .sys or other component whose purpose is remains a mystery or cannot be subverted by a person with physical access?
      • benchaney 8y ago
        It is. Any anti-cheat system that relies on having explicit control of the client is inherently flawed, but it is considered "good enough" by most people.
  • CodeArtisan 8y ago
    An anti-cheat relying on a kernel module would have to provide the source code of that module (the glue part, at least). One could then modify and compile that module as he want. Also, you could easily write a sandbox environment at the kernel level dedicated to a specific anti-cheat.