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by ramses0 699 days ago
Everything old is new again: https://www.netrek.org/about/netrekFAQ.html#10

""" I compiled the client source, but every time I try to connect to a server it kicks me out or tells me to get a 'blessed' binary. What gives?

It's possible to modify the client source to do lots of tedious tasks (like aiming, dodging, that sort of thing) for you. Since this gives you a big advantage over a mere human, netrek has a way of knowing whether you have a client that was compiled by the netrek Gods or by you. If you compiled it, netrek will assume it's a cyborg, and will kick you out if it's not cyborg hours. """

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Has anyone managed to reverse engineer how "blessing" works yet?
Wasn't it some private key signature...? Man, that's digging back a bit.
It's all open source. No need to reverse engineer.