AMXX Authentication

An AMXX plugin for those who seek extra security for their players and their data.

Features

• Only username and password required for registration;
• Ability to limit the number of accounts which can be created on a single SteamID;
• Ability to punish a player for too many unsuccessful login attempts (e.g. a kick);
• Ability to punish a player for taking too long to login (e.g. a kick);
• Authentication required every time the player connects to the server;
• Passwords hashed with SHA3-512 algorithm;
• Automatic database table creation.

Requirements

• SQL;

Cvars

• auth_max_accounts <number> - number of accounts a single SteamID can create (disabled if 0) (default: 1);
• auth_max_attempts <number> - allowed unsuccessful login attempts before punishment (disabled if 0) (default: 3);
• auth_login_time <seconds> - given time for authenticaction before punishment (disabled if 0) (default: 60);
• auth_sql_host <address> - database host;
• auth_sql_user <username> - database username;
• auth_sql_pass <password> - database password;
• auth_sql_db <name> - database name;
• auth_sql_table <name> - database table name;

Installation

1. Export the downloaded files into your /addons/amxmodx/ folder;
2. Create a new database (you can use MySQL for this);
3. Open the source file /scripting/Authentication.sma and change these cvars to your SQL database settings:

register_cvar("auth_sql_host", "127.0.0.1", FCVAR_PROTECTED);
register_cvar("auth_sql_user", "YOUR_USER", FCVAR_PROTECTED);
register_cvar("auth_sql_pass", "YOUR_PASS", FCVAR_PROTECTED);
register_cvar("auth_sql_db", "YOUR_DB_NAME", FCVAR_PROTECTED);
register_cvar("auth_sql_table", "YOUR_TABLE_NAME", FCVAR_PROTECTED);

3. Compile the plugin and move it to your /addons/plugins/ folder;
4. Include the plugin in your plugins.ini file.

Images

• Authentication menu in-game:
  
• Player's console after registration:
  
• Server console logs:
  
• Database:
  

Notes

Tested in Counter-Strike 1.6 on a server which uses AMX Mod X 1.9.0.5271. I will not provide support for older AMX Mod X versions.