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Um...the name looks a lot like my topic. "MMO Project: No mesh, No mods, Unlimited Connections."

Also, would this be using custom blocks? 'Cause that is just as bad as remote sensors connections.

-bobbybee (FireMMO Founder, FireMMO Owner, and FireMMO Lead Programmer)

SJRCS_011 wrote:

And no, it won't use custom blocks.  Just all the regular ones.

Then how does it work?

bobbybee wrote:

Thanks about the title. Since it's not using custom blocks, will it be using GET requests. You may want to read this article. (Magnie, of course!)[/url]

Got it in one shot.

zippynk wrote:

SJRCS_011 wrote:

And no, it won't use custom blocks.  Just all the regular ones.

Then how does it work?

Above

bobbybee wrote:

So GET requests? Do you have any encryption measures put in place?

Of course.  I don''t want someone to be able to just get on a browser and start interfering.
Though if you want to get your own version, the encryption will be different.

Basically, the outgoing request from the program will run through an algorithim, be sent as a GET request, view the output from the PHP (echo) which is also encrypted, run it through a reverse algorithim, then output the results.
If anything goes wrong uring the process, an error message is generated.

Last edited by SJRCS_011 (2012-01-13 20:56:46)

bobbybee wrote:

In that case are you using "real" encryption. (as in hashing) Or are you using "fake" encryption. (as in XORing against a password)

a form of hashing
It'll be tough to get by.
I may even include a Captchca in the program.

Last edited by SJRCS_011 (2012-01-13 21:01:05)

bobbybee wrote:

Are you doing it bitwise? I can't remember whether panther does bit by bit blocks natively. Anyways, doing it bitwise is the most efficient and generally will get the best encryption.

I don't want to say too much, but each letter is run through a random algorithim, and the result is the output, as well as another variable, a "key", that is also encrypted in a different way.

bobbybee wrote:

Oh. A key. That wouldn't necessarily be hashing. I think in hashing you completely throw the key away for security purposes. (obviously if you had a key it would be two-way)

Maybe I'll do that.  I still haven't decided.

BTW, the key is a single character or a string that tells the php how to decrypt it.

Last edited by SJRCS_011 (2012-01-13 21:29:50)

Magnie wrote:

Hashing is where you give the "hasher" a string and it mashes it up so it can't be decrypted.

Cryption is where you encrypt a string with a key then decrypt it with a key.

With hashing you can hash the password then store it. After that, when someone wants to login they give you the password, you hash it then check if the hash you just made is the same as the one your stored.

Edit: I think it was really obvious I was going to see this and post in it. xD

I guess I'll hash passwords and encrypt the message.

And I'll try to use sockets, too, though that might take me a little longer to finish this.

bobbybee wrote:

You know, you could always switch your language to something like C. You could easily port my FireMMO C Socket Server over to this, at least parts of it anyway. Even if you don't, I know how you can use sockets with PHP. I've written really small servers with PHP and it is actually not the hard if you have some C and Linux knowledge to back yourself up. Just tell me if you would like me to help your team, or one man show, for that matter.

-bobbybee (FireMMO Founder, FireMMO Owner, and FireMMO Lead Programmer)

I'd love to have you help me.
After all, your FireMMO is amazing.

Ummm...I only have started working on the client-side (Panther).  So I don't yet have any code for the website (though I had several ideas)

Magnie is right. Should I start using actual sockets/remote sensor connections? If so, PHP (porting FireMMO Code), or C/C++? (directly using a stripped down version of FireMMO)