wow it's getting interesting, really glad more are joining us.
darkfile, the idea you said is what we are trying to do =)
I hate to disappoint you, but there is something wrong here. I guess u need to test on any computer and it's likely to fail.
However, the modification to the host file by darkfile doesn't work like this because this is file only ties hostname to ip address, not the whole http address
To confirm if this work you need to open this link directly from your browser
http://proxy.novafusion.ea.com/drm/...-48CP9-XTQSA-MM43&serial=F6XPSVQKE9LE92D8HPK8
if you get error message something like POST method only supported, then this mean it's the real server and not the fake one.
EDIT: the error message would be "HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL", you get this from the real server
So let's fix this, the hosts(C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) file should contain this line:
127.0.0.1 proxy.novafusion.ea.com
make sure it's not read-only so you can save the modifications
Now, you need to make sure the mod_rewrite is supported in your apache configuration.. locate httpd.conf in XAMP folder and search for
Code:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
if there is # in the beginning of the line, remove it
Next step, create folder in htdocs/www and name it "drm"
inside this folder put darkfile php file and name it "checker.php"
next, make file with name .htaccess in drm folder and put inside it :
Code:
Options FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^license(.*)$ checker.php$1
restart your http server and close your browser
make sure that hosts is correctly modified then reopen the browser
and try this link :
http://proxy.novafusion.ea.com/drm/...-48CP9-XTQSA-MM43&serial=F6XPSVQKE9LE92D8HPK8
you should get the xml from your fake server instead of the error from EA real server
if you get the XML result, then your fake http server is set up and ready for test.
please let me know when u get this far so we can make more tests on RA3 itself
I'm really glad u help us..