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Hello Folks,

The BZ911 server is down with a hardware failure. The server is being replaced and should be back within the hour. This affects BZ1 and battlezoneclub.org.

Eddy

While we're discussing updates to BZ1, I'd like to bring up the problem with Anet and the lack of a identity system.  Since there's no true game indentity, there is no consequences for bad behavior at the player level. All modern games create unique identities, eliminating the ability for someone to "pose" as another and to simply change names.

There's been discussion on and off about a bolt-on security system at the server level but this is far from perfect. The real solution is a different lobby shell but from what I have gathered, anet is deeply entrenched in the code and would be difficult to rework.  What about the Heat interface? Does that gives us another way to create a lobby outside of anet without major code rewrites?  I have the SDK development kit but it's hard to understand how it works with BZ.

If a shell could be created using the same methods Heat used (emulate the Heat server from BZ's point of view), could a lobby shell be created supporting unique identities?

Eddy