So the last couple of days, my server has been spammed on the console something weird.
Here's a JPEG raped screenshot:
[img]http://90.184.94.48/rape.jpg[/img]
What the hell is an A2C_PRINT? It doesn't interrupt the server in any way, I'm just curious what it is. It happens every 5 minutes or so...
I'm pretty sure that's the heartbeat server.
I've also read that it's related to DoS attacks.
What is the heartbeat server's purpose?
[QUOTE=Warship;24216907]What is the heartbeat server's purpose?[/QUOTE]
It's like a sign of life. It pings each server occasionally to see if it's still "alive." If so, it tells the master server to keep the entry in it's list. If not, then the entry is deleted.
Ok, but why wasn't it like this earlier? Has it been updated?
Just to clarify, the IPs in the screenshot are Valve's, so this is not an attack. Not sure why your server isn't responding to the query properly though.
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