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> I would like that the OS prevented any program from accessing the DNS cache without my expressed and informed consent Not technically feasible. Even if the O
by UnoriginalGuy 13y ago
> I would like that the OS prevented any program from accessing the DNS cache without my expressed and informed consent
Not technically feasible. Even if the OS didn't allow direct access to the DNS cache, a program could very easily infer if a result was cached based on the query response speed.
Plus anti-cheat typically runs as an administrator or root.
> Is there any technical line that anti-cheat systems can't cross?
Illegality for one. Stealing someone's banking session and monitoring their payments is almost certainly illegal, pulling up the DNS cache and seeing if they requested the IP for a choice domain is not.
- belorn 13y agoIs pulling up ones bank history and see if they include a choice transaction different from pulling up ones DNS history? If the intention is the same (preventing cheating), I don't know if a judge would rule different based on the technology used. Both techniques steals computer resources (CPU, memory and disk usages), and both steals private information in order to achieve their goal. Would you be sure that knowingly use a computer service (the dns cache) without authorization is legal? Or for that matter, is computer trespass illegal in general if done for the explicit purpose of anti-cheating? The law as described require "intent to commit or attempt to commit or further the commission of any felony". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_trespass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_trespass
- Dylan16807 13y ago> steals computer resources (CPU, memory and disk usages) No.