Case study

Battlefield Heroes: master-server protocol reconstruction

BFH-Master-Protocol documents the proprietary master-server communication of Battlefield Heroes. It describes exchanges involving game clients, game servers, FESL authentication, Magma HTTPS account services and Theater session services. Some protocol details remain unresolved.

Targets: Game · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2017-11-04

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Limits: Some proprietary protocol details remain unavailable.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{bfh-master-protocol-case,
  title = {{Battlefield Heroes: master-server protocol reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/M0THERB0ARD/BFH-Master-Protocol}},
  url = {https://github.com/M0THERB0ARD/BFH-Master-Protocol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bfh-master-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

Battlefield Heroes: master-server protocol reconstruction. https://github.com/M0THERB0ARD/BFH-Master-Protocol (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bfh-master-protocol-case/

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protocol.md GitHub · M0THERB0ARD/BFH-Master-Protocol · Revision ad55de6