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Honestly, I'd probably believe this is just a method for validating sanity of DNS for debugging/troubleshooting, as there are far better ways of going about doi
by rincebrain 13y ago
Honestly, I'd probably believe this is just a method for validating sanity of DNS for debugging/troubleshooting, as there are far better ways of going about doing almost anything you could think of as a malicious use of this.
- pfg 13y agoWhy would they include something like that in VAC, instead of the Steam client? Besides, there are better ways of validating DNS sanity (just look up a known hostname controlled by Valve and compare the result to what you expect it to be). What if I just flushed my local DNS cache? Would VAC think my DNS is broken? No, we can safely assume this is done to compare your DNS cache to a list of hosts known for their involvement in some kind cheating (be it a website distributing cheats or some kind of cheat connecting to a certain host.) Even if Valve doesn't intend to use this for any other purpose (and I honestly don't think they are) doesn't mean that a) they won't change their mind later on and b) their infrastructure is perfect, meaning someone could steal this information.