Quote Originally Posted by dsumanik View Post
What if the executable was randomized somehow and only valid for 6 hours or something, you gotta pass the test in a given time frame or you are pooched.

option B

Use VNC to allow a "referee" to administer the test on a user's system. the user tweaks the setup, requests verification, remote administrator executes.

Pretty easy to dial in on VNC, and download linx / CPU-Z and super Pi

If people are really that hardcore and want to prove validation...remote access for a few mins is no big deal. You could even have opposing teams administering the tests to thier competitors, ensuring no monkey business and encouraging the competition. Anyone hardcore tweaking won't be storing vital data on the test rig, and as far as security is concerned..just unplug your lan cable or kill the VNC client..no one gonna get hacked from this. How fun would it be to try and prove your worst enemy is full of BS.

Sign me up lol.
Trust me, run a VNC server on your bench machine and then watch it remotely. I promise you it will nail your score, because your CPU is busy compressing and sending that screen data to an remote guest. if you do it over the internet its even worse. plus VNC does not do video at all. play a stupid flash game remotely with VNC and you might as well have someone email you screenshots every 30 seconds.