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Is Runtime Verification Applicable to Cheat Detection?

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Topic: Cheat


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Multiplayer game Cheat detection Runtime verification. 1. INTRODUCTION ..... head cheat) in turnbased games and 3] extends this idea to games ...

 

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Is Runtime Verification Applicable to Cheat Detection?Page 1Is Runtime Verification Applicable to Cheat Detection?Margaret DeLap Bjrn Knutsson Honghui Lu Oleg SokolskyUsa Sammapun Insup Lee and Christos TsarouchisDepartment of Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania{delapbjornkhhlsokolskyusaleec stsarou}@cis.upenn.eduABSTRACTWe investigate the prospect of applying runtime verification to cheatdetection. Game implementation bugs are extensively exploited bycheaters especially in massively multiplayer games. As games areimplemented on larger scales and game object interactions becomemore complex it becomes increasingly difficult to guarantee thathighlevel game rules are enforced correctly in the implementation.We observe that although implementing highlevel rules in code iscomplex because of interference between rules checking for rulecompliance at runtime is simple because only a single rule is involved in each check. We demonstrate our idea by applying theJavaMaC runtime verification system to a simple game to detect atransaction bug that is common in massively multiplayer games.Categories and Subject DescriptorsD.2.4 Software/Program Verification]: ValidationGeneral TermsDesign Reliability Security VerificationKeywordsMultiplayer game Cheat detection Runtime verification.1. INTRODUCTIONCheating is perpetrated by game participants to gain undue advantage for themselves harm other players or cause general mayhemand disruption. Although there is no universal agreement on whatconstitutes a cheat cheat prevention is regarded as crucial to thequality of service of online multiplayer games.Our focus is on Massively Multiplayer Games (MMGs) sincethey tend to exist in persistent worlds and run on subscription models. This means that cheating has lasting effects as well as threatening the revenue model of the companies running the games sinceplayers tend to abandon games where cheating isnt curbed. Additionally since there exists through the unsanctioned s ...

 

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