Presented at
32C3 (2015),
Dec. 28, 2015, 9:45 p.m.
(60 minutes).
When an online game no longer captivates interest, what do you do? Grind on the network protocol, of course! How does it work, is it secure - and, how can you still get away while doing this?
Online games are hardly new, but their inner workings are rarely (if ever) documented. This needs to change: if it runs on my computer and uses my network I want to know what's going on!
This talk starts by analysing the network protocol of the Runes of Magic game, and continues by introducing specific tools to aid this process and the steps taken to come up with such tools. Continuing with a demonstration to whet your appetite: we will show how much <i>fun</i> it is to do this kind of work, and finally some advice on the legal side of things.
All custom tools and methods described are not specific to a game per se, however using custom tools will greatly improve your reversing experience. They aren't even specific to games, the same techniques can be used to analyse about any network protocol.
Presenters:
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Rink Springer
Software engineer by day, hacker by night – passion for technology, mostly software-related but like to dabble in the realm of hardware as well.
Technology enthusiast, likes to read code and/or datasheets to discover how things work. Dislikes proprietary technology, although my employer doesn’t ;-)
My major topics of interest are operating system technology and networking.
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