Title :
Online Games and Security Issues
Author :
Robles, Rosslin John ; Yeo, Sang-Soo ; Moon, Young-Deuk ; Park, Gilcheol ; Kim, Seoksoo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Multimedia, Hannam Univ., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
The Online game industry has grown a lot this past decade. Cheating in online games is an aspect of computer games that has so far received skimp attention from researchers on game studies. Cheats does not only affect the cheater but also other players. Cheating has become illegal since it poses security threats. This paper discusses security problems in online games. This study intends to help understand these attacks not only as a problem of security in online games but also as the basis of threats against future cooperative computer systems.
Keywords :
Internet; computer crime; computer games; Internet; computer game; online game; security threat; Computer networks; Fires; IP networks; Internet; Mice; Modems; Research and development; Security; Switches; Wheels; Cheats; Online Games; Security; Threats;
Conference_Titel :
Future Generation Communication and Networking, 2008. FGCN '08. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hainan Island
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3431-2
DOI :
10.1109/FGCN.2008.199
