Module 1 · What cheating looks like
- List the results a cheater wants
- Separate a client claim from a server fact
- Write an example of a fake score
- Do not claim any defense is unbeatable
COURSE
Online Safety and Anti-Cheat Basics
$197.00
Learn what cheating looks like and which checks belong on the server. The course does not claim any defense is unbeatable.
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Learn what cheating looks like and which checks belong on the server. The course does not claim any defense is unbeatable. Across about 11 hours you will list the results a cheater wants, validate a purchase or reward on the server, protect a login a player will actually use, and try to grant yourself a reward from the client.
Advanced · 11 hours · Engineering
Curriculum
Module 2 · Server checks
- Validate a purchase or reward on the server
- Reject a value outside the allowed range
- Log the rejection
- Keep the honest player in the game
Module 3 · Accounts
- Protect a login a player will actually use
- Plan for a stolen account
- Do not store a secret in the client
- Write what support can see
Module 4 · A review
- Try to grant yourself a reward from the client
- Confirm the server refused it
- Write the holes you did not close
- Share the note with engineering
