Security
Mother has security features to ensure that grids running Mother cannot interfere without permission. This is especially important when using the intergrid communication system in a multiplayer environment.
Encrypting Messages
By default, Mother does not encrypt messages, but you can enable this feature by setting encrypt_messages=true in the Custom Data of the Programmable Block running Mother. When enabled, Mother will encrypt all outgoing messages, and attempt to decrypt incoming messages using passcodes. To decrypt messages, the receiving grid must have the same passcodes set in its Custom Data.
[security]
encrypt_messages=true
passcodes=Sup3rSecr3tP@ssw0rd
Caution
By default, all grids in Space Engineers can access Intergrid Communication (IGC), so ensuring that your faction's passcode is secure is important. If you are in a public server, this is the only way to ensure other factions cannot intercept messages and execute remote commands on your grid.
Should your grid receive a unencrypted message, or with an incorrect passcode, Mother will log the message, but will not respond.
Configuration
| Key | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
encrypt_messages | false, true | Should Mother encrypt outgoing messages using passcodes. If false, Mother will communicate unsecurely with every grid on the antenna network. This is fine for single player and PvE multiplayer. |
passcodes | string | The passcode used to encrypt and decrypt messages. Must be the same on all grids running Mother when encrypt_messages is true. |