s most of you know the Q3 1.32PR is out and the few people that have installed it have noticed that the CD-Key verification has been re-enabled. However the CD-Key check is optional and can be turned off by server admins. Just find the below setting and decide weather you want your server to have the CD-Key check on or off:
sv_strictAuth "X"
Note: This server side variable is to control strict CD-Key authorization should be performed with the auth server. This is required if you want reliable cl_guid for the server. In other words, user tracking.