Anti Cheats - Where Do I Start?

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I’d recommend looking throught the following resources, they can help you alot:

Client Anti Cheats: Aren't as bad as you think!

Client Anti Cheats They aren’t as bad as you think! If you’ve been on the devforum for a while, you’ve probably already seen the saying, “Never Trust the Client”, alongside multiple reasons why you shouldn’t develop a client-sided anti-cheat. Now, I am not going to say that this claim is 100% false; the client should indeed be considered as a secondary defense, with the server being the main focus for security. However, it is worth noting that some individuals on the DevForums may make such st…

Securing your anticheat: Common bad practices, and how powerful are exploiters (+ Guide on Handshakes)

Hello fellow Roblox Developers! As an anticheat developer, I often saw games that had awful anticheats practices. This really frustrates me, as a developer, to see beautiful games being ruined by exploiters. Warning: This post is for developers that already have a client and server anticheat. Table of Contents Common bad practices How powerful are exploiters? [BONUS] Handshakes and Encryption Common bad practices 1: Using :FireServer or :InvokeServer to signal to the …

Creating Proper Anti-Exploits: The Ultimate Guide

How do I create an proper anti exploit? Do you want to know how to secure your game? Do you want to know how to make a Roblox anti-exploit? Well, this is the guide for you. Lets start with Sanity Checks. Sanity checks are the act of validating data or variables to ensure that they are what they are expected to be and to prevent errors that could occur if incorrect data is processed. For example, in remote events exploiters are able to send incorrect data and do stuff they aren’t supposed to …