Security Warning
As you know, any activity on the Internet poses certain security
risks. We are making every effort to protect VROC and its users
from hostile attacks, but no Internet activity such as VROC can
be totally secure. In addition, GPL has characteristics that
present certain risks.
The creators of VROC assume no responsibility for any damage
or loss arising out of the use of VROC or GPL. By accessing the
VROC Web site, you agree to this condition. Use VROC at
your own risk!
Here are some security issues of which you should be aware.
IP Address Exposure
If you host a race using VROC, all users who wish to join
your race must be informed of your IP address. We conceal this
from the casual user, but GPL's design makes it impossible for
us to hide it from those who join your race. Hostile users could
conceivably use this information to attack your machine.
If this concerns you, we suggest you contact Sierra Sports
support and express your concern. You can reach Sierra Sports
via hard copy at:
Sierra Sports Technical Support
P.O. Box 85006
Bellevue, WA 98015-8506
You can also reach Sierra Sports via email.
Email sent to this address should be read by a human. The email
address given in the GPL manual, support@sierra.com, will produce
only an automated response.
Viruses and Trojan Horses
In order to allow you to host and join races, VROC must read
and write a file on your hard drive, and must be able to launch
a program (Grand Prix Legends). In order to retreive the race
list containing information about other users running GPL servers,
VROC must be able to open a connection to the VROC server.
All of these activities require you to over-ride your browser's
default security behavior and grant the VROC applet permission
to perform these actions.
While VROC has been designed to scrupulously avoid any potentially
damaging actions, it is possible for hostile programs to attach
themselves to software such as VROC's. Granting any applet these
permissions, therefore, does entail a certain risk.
VROC uses a Java applet signed with an electronic security
certificate. This assures you that the VROC applet has been tested
for viruses and other hostile entities using the latest version
of a commercially available virus-checking package.
However, we cannot guarantee that a virus or other hostile
component has not eluded our virus-checking software. |