pso2 proxy. Good or bad?

[sarttan]

I stumbled across this on Reditt.

Spoiler!

I have a public proxy up up that uses my PSO2Proxy software, for instructions how to connect, use the link below.

http://pso2proxy.cyberkitsune.net/

If anyone is having any trouble, please reply to this comment or bug me on the IRC channel described on the instructions.

I haven't touched it yet, but do you guys think this is a good idea or a bad idea?

[Punisher106]

It works, I don't have lag problems, let alone 630's. And I don't have to pay for it. Seems alright in my book.

[Gaylar]

From what I've read on it:

Pros-
+ You can set it up to connect to a proxy server? (I guess this would allow multiple connections to the same AWS server if thats not already possible?) Could be used for private proxies as well I suppose (such as someone hosting connections on their machine). I'm no networking junkie.
+ Open-sourced
+ Its free

Cons (These don't exactly pertain to his software, moreso his public proxy):
- His proxy service is public. He's asking people not to hack. From what I understand, everyone is sharing the same IP address. Its like a ticking time bomb he's begging people not to set off and is hoping the community will address any hacking issues. In other words, from my understanding- all its going to take is the right asshole to get everyone using his public proxy banned.

- I'm not too keen on the rather... interesting data he's collecting. I won't say anything, I'll just say I don't necessarily agree with it. Then again, its probably nothing anyone hasnt seen before.


Other than that, I like the software, I'm curious as to what could be done with it, and how much it could potentially help people play.

What I would recommend steering clear from though, is his public proxy. Use AWS if you want to play.

*footnote: Take what I say with a grain of salt, I literally read all the shit related to his stuff in 15 minutes

[Daiyousei]

I saw that post a while ago and came to the same conclusion as all it takes is someone to ruin it for everyone else. So I'm sticking with AWS.

Besides, one thing I learned about life: Criminals don't follow laws

So why should you expect hackers to follow the rules.

[Shinamori]

This. What Dai said.

[Triple_S]

Basically, the software is good, but use his proxy server at your own risk.

However, others can set up proxy servers with that tool quite easily, so it might be worth it to spread it around so we have more options. I mean, the JP community already knows of it (and a couple less-knowledgeable people tried to claim it was the source of the DDOS), so Y'know.

[jackfrosty]

It's good that it's free, but is the same ip shared with many people if so if a hacker abuses it then everyone gets banned

[GHNeko]

Love the idea. But the server itself is very risky.

I'm more so hoping for a private server more than anything else.

EDIT: Besides, AWS gives me a dedicated JP IP. Why would I give that up now?

[Stealthcmc1974]

Love the idea. But the server itself is very risky.

I'm more so hoping for a private server more than anything else.

EDIT: Besides, AWS gives me a dedicated JP IP. Why would I give that up now?

With that in mind, how many of us would jump ship to a private server anyhow?

[pkemr4]

going to stick with AWS method because it just werks and i rarely get 630'd

also this

You *could* lose some rares.

terrible idea it is.