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How bnetd Developers Reverse Engineered Battle.net

Posted by timothy on from the looked-at-the-label dept.

battlebot writes: "O'Reilly's ONlamp.com is running an interview with the bnetd developers that goes into great detail about how exactly they reverse-engineered Battle.net. This is by the same guy who wrote the recent Salon article, though is far more technical. They talk a little bit about their legal troubles too, and even sheepishly admit that perhaps talking to a lawyer earlier in the process would have been a good idea. Has this project been successfully squashed?"

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  1. The real question by Dynedain · · Score: 4, Funny

    The article says that they have made BNETD virtually indistinguishable from the real battlenet through reverse engineering. What I wanna know is, what function did they assign to the gem in the Diablo 2 client?

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  2. Yeah, bnetd is TOTALLY DEAD. by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, BNETD is completely dead. The DMCA has prevailed.

    - A.P.

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  3. Re:It really sucks. by baywulf · · Score: 4, Funny
    Compaq had to pick virgin programmers that had no knowledge of IBM's code.


    AI think it is safe to assume more programmers are virgin.