User:Alef/nocdkey - Revision history

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\[ *((ftp|http)s?:\/\/[^ ]+)([^{])=([^}])([^ ]+)" to "[$1$3{{=}}$4$5"

2023-04-28T16:20:16Z

Text replacement - "\[ *((ftp|http)s?:\/\/[^ ]+)([^{])=([^}])([^ ]+)" to "[$1$3{{=}}$4$5"

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* Download available at {{Link\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files\|text= dev-heaven.net}}		* Download available at {{Link\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files\|text= dev-heaven.net}}
	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic{{=}}32619.0 request]
	* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure		* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure
	* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]		* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "ExternalLink" to "Link"

2023-01-04T15:30:31Z

Text replacement - "ExternalLink" to "Link"

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	{{Feature\|important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}		{{Feature\|important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}
	=== What is this? ===		=== What is this? ===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described {{~~ExternalLink~~\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445\|text= here (#3445 at CIT)}}.		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described {{Link\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445\|text= here (#3445 at CIT)}}.

	=== Gamespy ===		=== Gamespy ===
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* Download available at {{~~ExternalLink~~\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files\|text= dev-heaven.net}}		* Download available at {{Link\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files\|text= dev-heaven.net}}
	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]
	* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure		* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\[(ftp|https?)\:\/\/dev-heaven\.net([^ ]+) (.+)\]" to "{{ExternalLink|link= $1://dev-heaven.net$2|text= $3}}"

2021-05-30T15:20:52Z

Text replacement - "\[(ftp|https?)\:\/\/dev-heaven\.net([^ ]+) (.+)\]" to "{{ExternalLink|link= $1://dev-heaven.net$2|text= $3}}"

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	{{Feature\|important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}		{{Feature\|important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}
	=== What is this? ===		=== What is this? ===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described {{ExternalLink\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445\|text= here (#3445 at CIT)}}.

	=== Gamespy ===		=== Gamespy ===
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* Download available at [http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files dev-heaven.net]		* Download available at {{ExternalLink\|link= http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files\|text= dev-heaven.net}}
	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]
	* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure		* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\{\{( )Important( )\|" to "{{$1Feature$2|$2important$2|"

2021-02-07T01:12:48Z

Text replacement - "\{\{( *)Important( *)\|" to "{{$1Feature$2|$2important$2|"

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	{{~~Important~~\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}		{{Feature\|important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}
	=== What is this? ===		=== What is this? ===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].
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	The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.		The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.

	{{~~Important~~\|This should be something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys both on dedicated server and in hosted server when Gamespy host is not reachable. No reverse-engineering work has been done on network packets nor for in-memory or on-disk executable images.}}		{{Feature\|important\|This should be something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys both on dedicated server and in hosted server when Gamespy host is not reachable. No reverse-engineering work has been done on network packets nor for in-memory or on-disk executable images.}}

	== Links ==		== Links ==

Lou Montana: Text replacement - " (={2,})([^ = ])(.)([^ = ])(={2,}) " to " $1 $2$3$4 $5 "

2021-01-31T18:15:17Z

Text replacement - " (={2,})([^ = ])(.*)([^ = ])(={2,}) * " to " $1 $2$3$4 $5 "

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	{{Important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}		{{Important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}
	===What is this?===		=== What is this? ===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].

	===Gamespy===		=== Gamespy ===
	The CD key check will be skipped at least if the name for the gamespy servers are not found, or resolved. It doesn't simply mean you can force a different IP, like ''127.0.0.1'', editing your <tt>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts</tt>.		The CD key check will be skipped at least if the name for the gamespy servers are not found, or resolved. It doesn't simply mean you can force a different IP, like ''127.0.0.1'', editing your <tt>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts</tt>.

	===ws2_32.dll===		=== ws2_32.dll ===
	To connect to the Internet, like all the other programs on Windows, ArmA uses a DLL called <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt>, that is a file installed in <tt>c:\windows\system32</tt>. If you put another file with the same name in the ArmA installation directory, or in the <tt>beta</tt> folder if you run the beta, ArmA will use that instead of the Windows one. It is roughly the same like Armalib from Kegetys or JayArmA2lib, which uses <tt>dsound.dll</tt> to inject custom code in the ArmA process address space.<br>		To connect to the Internet, like all the other programs on Windows, ArmA uses a DLL called <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt>, that is a file installed in <tt>c:\windows\system32</tt>. If you put another file with the same name in the ArmA installation directory, or in the <tt>beta</tt> folder if you run the beta, ArmA will use that instead of the Windows one. It is roughly the same like Armalib from Kegetys or JayArmA2lib, which uses <tt>dsound.dll</tt> to inject custom code in the ArmA process address space.<br>
	I've modified a program found online (see the [[#Links\|links]] below), that intercept the functions ArmA does to connect other computers. One of these functions is <tt>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738524(VS.85).aspx gethostbyname]</tt>, which is used to obtain an IP address given a name.<br>		I've modified a program found online (see the [[#Links\|links]] below), that intercept the functions ArmA does to connect other computers. One of these functions is <tt>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738524(VS.85).aspx gethostbyname]</tt>, which is used to obtain an IP address given a name.<br>
	====How it works====		==== How it works ====
	When ArmA asks for host names in the domain <tt>gamespy.com</tt>, in order to check for duplicated CD keys, if the address it's found and valid, the check will happens. If ''not'', the server will get the message <tt>"No challenge value was received from the master server."</tt>. My <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt> let the latter happens, but only if you use <b><tt>-nocdkey</tt></b> together with <b><tt>-host</tt></b> on the command line.		When ArmA asks for host names in the domain <tt>gamespy.com</tt>, in order to check for duplicated CD keys, if the address it's found and valid, the check will happens. If ''not'', the server will get the message <tt>"No challenge value was received from the master server."</tt>. My <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt> let the latter happens, but only if you use <b><tt>-nocdkey</tt></b> together with <b><tt>-host</tt></b> on the command line.
	====Drawbacks====		==== Drawbacks ====
	The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.		The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.

	{{Important\|This should be something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys both on dedicated server and in hosted server when Gamespy host is not reachable. No reverse-engineering work has been done on network packets nor for in-memory or on-disk executable images.}}		{{Important\|This should be something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys both on dedicated server and in hosted server when Gamespy host is not reachable. No reverse-engineering work has been done on network packets nor for in-memory or on-disk executable images.}}

	==Links==		== Links ==
	* Download available at [http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files dev-heaven.net]		* Download available at [http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files dev-heaven.net]
	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]
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	* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]		* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]

	==Source==		== Source ==
	You get the full source in the distributed archive. This is the working code extracted from there:		You get the full source in the distributed archive. This is the working code extracted from there:
	<pre>		<pre>

Alef: dead link

2011-09-29T13:39:35Z

dead link

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	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]
	* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure		* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure
	* Original code: [http://forum.koaxia.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=8c74b13cfe75e2b293e4825c7e7985e5&topic=3099.0 koaxia.com]
	* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]		* Original code: [http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-386875.html codeguru.com]

Alef at 13:37, 29 September 2011

2011-09-29T13:37:34Z

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	~~'''~~nocdkey here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!~~'''<br>~~		{{Important\|"nocdkey" here doesn't mean you can play illegal copies with this plugin!}}

	===What is this?===		===What is this?===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (~~dev-heaven.net~~)].		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (#3445 at CIT)].

	===Gamespy===		===Gamespy===
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	The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.		The DLL will intercept all of the network functions made by ArmA. All of them, apart the one above, add an overhead for this to work. This overhead consists of a single <tt>jmp</tt> instruction without stack management (nacked), which may add a delay equal to one memory fetch when it is not in cpu cache.

	~~==Legal==~~		{{Important\|This should be something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys both on dedicated server and in hosted server when Gamespy host is not reachable. No reverse-engineering work has been done on network packets nor for in-memory or on-disk executable images.}}
	~~'''I suppose''' this is~~ something legally doable, because BI already provided the way to work without checking for duplicated CD keys. ~~If BI doesn't want this, I'll remove any reference to this~~ work ~~and notify the reachable forums and mirrors~~.

	==Links==		==Links==

Alef: /* #3445 */

2011-08-29T17:37:22Z

#3445

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	===What is this?===		===What is this?===
	This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [~~[User~~:~~Alef~~/~~MP_testenv\|~~here]].		This is a plugin to avoid the problems described [http://dev-heaven.net/issues/3445 here (dev-heaven.net)].

	===Gamespy===		===Gamespy===

Alef: /* Links */

2011-08-26T22:33:47Z

Links

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	==Links==		==Links==
	* Download ~~removed~~. ~~A guy told me he got his CD Key invalidated online using the DLL. To avoid problems, don't use it for now~~.		* Download available at [http://dev-heaven.net/projects/alef-projects/files dev-heaven.net]
	* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]		* OFPEC beta [http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=32619.0 request]
	* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure		* Xfire [http://www.xfire.com/video/4d907/ video] showing the procedure

Alef: /* ws2_32.dll */

2011-08-26T22:31:43Z

ws2_32.dll

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	===ws2_32.dll===		===ws2_32.dll===
	To connect to the Internet, like all the other programs on Windows, ArmA uses a DLL called <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt>, that is a file installed in <tt>c:\windows\system32</tt>. If you put another file with the same name in the ArmA installation directory, or in the <tt>beta</tt> folder if you run the beta, ArmA will use that instead of the Windows one. It is roughly the same like Armalib from Kegetys, which uses <tt>dsound.dll</tt> to inject custom code in the ArmA process address space.<br>		To connect to the Internet, like all the other programs on Windows, ArmA uses a DLL called <tt>ws2_32.dll</tt>, that is a file installed in <tt>c:\windows\system32</tt>. If you put another file with the same name in the ArmA installation directory, or in the <tt>beta</tt> folder if you run the beta, ArmA will use that instead of the Windows one. It is roughly the same like Armalib from Kegetys or JayArmA2lib, which uses <tt>dsound.dll</tt> to inject custom code in the ArmA process address space.<br>
	I've modified a program found online (see the [[#Links\|links]] below), that intercept the functions ArmA does to connect other computers. One of these functions is <tt>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738524(VS.85).aspx gethostbyname]</tt>, which is used to obtain an IP address given a name.<br>		I've modified a program found online (see the [[#Links\|links]] below), that intercept the functions ArmA does to connect other computers. One of these functions is <tt>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738524(VS.85).aspx gethostbyname]</tt>, which is used to obtain an IP address given a name.<br>
	====How it works====		====How it works====