Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication: Difference between revisions
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Minecraft is a video game made by Mojang Studios (owned by [[Microsoft]] and Xbox Game Studios since 2014). It was officially released on 18th September 2011, but development builds were publicly available since 17 May 2009. | Minecraft is a video game made by Mojang Studios (owned by [[Microsoft]] and Xbox Game Studios since 2014). It was officially released on 18th September 2011, but development builds were publicly available since 17 May 2009. | ||
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Nostalgia related Minecraft servers, such as [https://puucraft.net/ PuuCraft] (6,000 players total, as stated on the website) and [https://www.retromc.org/ RetroMC] (around [https://statistics.retromc.org/ 10 players daily]) still exist and run on version Beta 1.7.3 of the game - that means they're unable to authenticate their players (whether they want to or not). Any sort of "nostalgia trips" with friends also require server and client modifications to prevent bad actors from accessing their server (assuming whitelist is enabled). | Nostalgia related Minecraft servers, such as [https://puucraft.net/ PuuCraft] (6,000 players total, as stated on the website) and [https://www.retromc.org/ RetroMC] (around [https://statistics.retromc.org/ 10 players daily]) still exist and run on version Beta 1.7.3 of the game - that means they're unable to authenticate their players (whether they want to or not). Any sort of "nostalgia trips" with friends also require server and client modifications to prevent bad actors from accessing their server (assuming whitelist is enabled). | ||
==Community | ==Community response== | ||
===Securely fixing the game client=== | ===Securely fixing the game client=== | ||
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====Using a proxy==== | ====Using a proxy==== | ||
You can proxy all requests coming from "<nowiki> | You can proxy all requests coming from "<nowiki>https://www.minecraft.net/game/(...)</nowiki>" to "<nowiki>https://session.minecraft.net/game/(...)</nowiki>". Note that this is still less secure than the first method, unless you proxy the request to the Mojang's [https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mojang_API#Verify_login_session_on_client latest authentication method]. | ||
====Editing the game's source code==== | ====Editing the game's source code==== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Minecraft]] | ||