block unpack system.mrs

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Originally Posted by Nobody666

I know it takes more space. I just like that idea. IF you can afford to use that space and make it load quickly, id say do that.

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Bandwidth not disk space; and, having only the system.mrs file sent over a stream and interpreted works just as well.

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Originally Posted by gWX0

Bandwidth not disk space; and, having only the system.mrs file sent over a stream and interpreted works just as well.

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True, I was thinking moreover of making model and stuff safer.

And by space, I meant Band with.

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Originally Posted by gWX0

Well, there's a number of methods you can follow to approach this problem.

Personally, I recommend the FU method, involving a very simplistic approach. By deleting the system.mrs file, all such data can not be retrieved, or further unpacked; as you cannot unpack what you do not see.

Delete it. Delete the whole damn thing.

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Yea, or the file could just basicly be encrypted and can only be opened with a decrypting system or just a good mrs unpacker.

it it is a md5 hash check then i'll suggest your way, but keep it easy for these kids around the net they don't even know what "approach" is.

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Originally Posted by Nobody666

True, I was thinking moreover of making model and stuff safer.

And by space, I meant Band with.

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"Bandwidth" - one word.

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Originally Posted by Chanel

Yea, or the file could just basicly be encrypted and can only be opened with a decrypting system or just a good mrs unpacker.

it it is a md5 hash check then i'll suggest your way, but keep it easy for these kids around the net they don't even know what "approach" is.

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That's what's currently done, except the encryption scheme is well-known.

An MD5 hash "check" of what? The files? Currently, CRC32 is used, but a truly secure scheme would involve a SHA1/salt checked on loaded files concurrently during gameplay.