Online Casino Transfer: News - Cake Network Fixed

08/27/2010		Online Casino Style: News Cake Network Fixed
Home History Games News Dictionary		Online poker players who prefer to frequent the online casinos associated with the Cake Poker Network can once again play and sleep easily with news this week that the security issues associated with the poker group have been resolved. The problem was revealed not by the Network itself, but rather uncovered by Poker Table Ratings, the same organization that revealed the encryption problems at Cereus, too. According to the most recent statement from Cake, however, all of the encryption holes and vulnerabilities have been addressed, with updates making sure that security concerns have been put to rest. Even better, Cake’s claims to have fixed all the problems are being backed up by Poker Table Ratings, which independently confirmed that the addition of a SSL encryption has once again made the site safe to frequent. The combination of the new encryption programming with new beta software and the old XOR client was enough to satisfy both IT teams. These changes were confirmed immediately following a statement issued by Cake’s card room manager, Lee Jones, that updates had been successful. Poker Table Ratings was the first to air out the problem, saying that it was possible to launch the MS Windows Calculator during game play, and using it in Scientific mode would allow hackers ample opportunities to decode the Cake Poker XOR, dangerously exposing player information, as well as hole cards revealed. Cake was quick to both acknowledge PTR’s research, and take action, though their first solution in the beginning of August was still unsatisfactory, with PTR reps still able to hack their way in. It just goes to show just how tightly knit the online gambling community really is, as activity and betting action dropped significantly at Cake Poker online casinos following the revelations by Poker Table Ratings. According to an independent look at the numbers by Pokerscout.com, there was a drop of 15 percent of peak gaming action during the problem period, expected now to jump back up to normal levels.

08/27/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Cake Network Fixed

Online poker players who prefer to frequent the online casinos associated with the Cake Poker Network can once again play and sleep easily with news this week that the security issues associated with the poker group have been resolved. The problem was revealed not by the Network itself, but rather uncovered by Poker Table Ratings, the same organization that revealed the encryption problems at Cereus, too. According to the most recent statement from Cake, however, all of the encryption holes and vulnerabilities have been addressed, with updates making sure that security concerns have been put to rest.

Even better, Cake’s claims to have fixed all the problems are being backed up by Poker Table Ratings, which independently confirmed that the addition of a SSL encryption has once again made the site safe to frequent. The combination of the new encryption programming with new beta software and the old XOR client was enough to satisfy both IT teams. These changes were confirmed immediately following a statement issued by Cake’s card room manager, Lee Jones, that updates had been successful.

Poker Table Ratings was the first to air out the problem, saying that it was possible to launch the MS Windows Calculator during game play, and using it in Scientific mode would allow hackers ample opportunities to decode the Cake Poker XOR, dangerously exposing player information, as well as hole cards revealed. Cake was quick to both acknowledge PTR’s research, and take action, though their first solution in the beginning of August was still unsatisfactory, with PTR reps still able to hack their way in.

It just goes to show just how tightly knit the online gambling community really is, as activity and betting action dropped significantly at Cake Poker online casinos following the revelations by Poker Table Ratings. According to an independent look at the numbers by Pokerscout.com, there was a drop of 15 percent of peak gaming action during the problem period, expected now to jump back up to normal levels.