Hmmm, I though that zone.exe wont run without the db.ini file in the same directory...which means you just handed out a username and password to the database. if you custom code each zone.exe to have individual userid/passwords and then set MySQL to accept only a specific userid/password on a specific IP (with the exception of packet sniffing or decompiling) shouldn't that secure the setup?
and yeah, the world.exe thing has me thinking... possible to code in a 'look for backup world.exe' into zone? hmmm.
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