global ban support?

[Exuberance]

Hello, I am part of a CSS community that is big in CSS and currently use a global bans system for all our servers. We recently took a crack at gmod and got a pretty decent TTT server up and are thinking about expanding. One problem, bans saving serverside, sucks, and easially hackable. I was wondering if there is something that will enable gmod to be able to be on our global bans. Our global bans site is, steamgamers.com/banned. We use sourcemod and ULX.

[pl0xinat0r]

Sourcebans can ban on any source game.

[Bkacjios]

I'm guessing it's using a MySQL database? Connect to it with one of the gmod mysql modules, get the bans table and possibly insert it into a table for later use. Then use gatekeeper to check to see if they are banned?

I have a pretty good global ban system that I made myself and could post some code when I get on my good computer.

[url]http://blackopsservers.com/bans[/url]

Aha, seems I have some of the files on my laptop.

Here's some code snipets you will have to modify for yourself.

Get the bans table using tmysql
[lua]
hook.Add( "Initialize", "GetTheBansPlease", function()
tmysql.query( "SELECT * FROM global_bans", function( tab, succ, error )
if !succ then
SQL:ErrorPrint( error )
elseif tab then
ServerLog( "[MySQL]: Got Banlist!" )
for k,v in ipairs( tab ) do
if v.server == SQL.ServerName or v.server == "all" then
table.insert( G_BANS_TABLE, { steamid=v.steamid, name=v.name, length=tonumber( v.length ), reason=v.reason, server=v.server } )
end
end
end
end, 1)
end )[/lua]

Check if the steamid is banned
[lua]
function DoBanCheck( steamid ) -- I use this function in gatekeeper
for k,v in ipairs( G_BANS_TABLE ) do
if v.steamid and v.length then
if v.steamid == steamid then
if v.length == 0 the
ServerLog( "Perma-Banned user ("..steamid..") attempted to connect" )
return { false, "You are perma-banned from this server." }
elseif tonumber( v.length ) > os.time() then --If the ban is still in place
local timeleft = TimeLeftOnBan( v.length - os.time() ) --Time left on ban just formats the os.time() into a nice readable format for the user
ServerLog( "Banned user ("..steamid..") attempted to connect. " .. timeleft )
return { false, "You are banned for " .. timeleft }
end
end
end
end
return true
end
[/lua]

It's hard to tell though if your ban system works similar to mine, but I hope this helps.

[|FlapJack|]

[quote]One problem, bans saving serverside, sucks, and easially hackable. [/quote]

Having a web front makes your ban system a whole load more vulnerable. Unless you're a careful coder, of course.

[hakusaro]

[url]http://easyban.net/[/url] works fine for me. Pro account gives you full unlimited global ban servers, and subusers. For $5 a month, it's worth it in my humble opinion.