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Faelan
post Jul 4 2008, 11:26 PM
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I realize there are probably a dozen topics answering my questions to different degrees, and I have found many, but I have found it problematic parsing the information down into something useful. In this instance I am not looking for a whole new system, but more likely assorted house rules to rectify the following problems.

1) The speed of hacking leaves me wondering why anyone even bothers to encrypt anything, unless it is just to prevent casual users from access.
2) The quality of encryption leaves me wondering how financial transactions are conducted securely?
3) The existence of hackastack or agent smith makes me ask the question of how do you defend against the Mongol horde?
4) How do you maintain control of vehicles or drones with the above issues?

Most of my players avoid players avoid playing hackers like the plague so I get to use a lot of handwaving, however one really likes having his drone army.

Some solutions I came up with were as follows:

1) I have made breaking encryption an all or nothing roll, not extended. Break the threshold and succeed, don't and fail, get detected, prepare to be booted.
2) Agents must buy hits, they never roll. Get a secure enough system and it does not matter how many attacks roll in. In other words if its a hacker he has a shot.
3) Also looking at Electronic Warfare as a major way of cutting down on hacking, and for denying others use of their wireless networks.

So what house rules have people come up with for dealing with these issues, and better yet how do you use Electronic Warfare in your games. Thanks.
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- Faelan   RAW Hacking   Jul 4 2008, 11:26 PM
- - Starmage21   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 4 2008, 06:26 PM) I r...   Jul 5 2008, 12:16 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 4 2008, 06:26 PM) 1) ...   Jul 5 2008, 12:23 AM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jul 4 2008, 06:23 PM)...   Jul 5 2008, 04:52 PM
|- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 5 2008, 12:52 PM) Elec...   Jul 5 2008, 05:07 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jul 5 2008, 11:07 AM)...   Jul 6 2008, 03:03 AM
|- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 5 2008, 10:03 PM) I ha...   Jul 6 2008, 04:24 AM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jul 5 2008, 10:24 PM)...   Jul 6 2008, 07:09 AM
|- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 6 2008, 03:09 AM) Hm. ...   Jul 6 2008, 10:47 AM
- - Faelan   I realize decrypting just takes time, but the spee...   Jul 5 2008, 01:04 AM
|- - pnut75   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 4 2008, 08:04 PM) I r...   Jul 8 2008, 05:03 PM
- - kzt   We used NPC hackers and hacking just happened. Li...   Jul 5 2008, 01:19 AM
- - Faelan   Life was good. Keyword WAS, thanks for rubbing it...   Jul 5 2008, 01:45 AM
- - jklst14   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 4 2008, 06:26 PM) 3) ...   Jul 5 2008, 02:40 AM
- - The Jopp   My solution to encryption and to make it take long...   Jul 5 2008, 07:11 AM
- - Ryu   - Encryption is a success test. Check. - The good ...   Jul 5 2008, 10:28 AM
- - Faelan   Thanks for the input. I think what I will be goin...   Jul 5 2008, 04:05 PM
- - Ryu   Something in that direction (link)??? I sent my (...   Jul 6 2008, 11:20 AM
- - Aaron   Sorta like that, yeah, except that since the data ...   Jul 6 2008, 04:09 PM
|- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 6 2008, 11:09 AM) assu...   Jul 6 2008, 04:20 PM
||- - Aaron   QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jul 6 2008, 10:20 AM)...   Jul 6 2008, 06:57 PM
|- - Kerris   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 6 2008, 12:09 PM) Sort...   Jul 7 2008, 08:47 PM
- - Faelan   I think what Aaron is saying is that you essential...   Jul 6 2008, 04:46 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 6 2008, 09:46 AM) Of ...   Jul 6 2008, 06:25 PM
|- - Ryu   You would not need to maintain consistency on ever...   Jul 6 2008, 07:50 PM
|- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 6 2008, 11:46 AM) I t...   Jul 12 2008, 10:33 AM
- - kzt   You expect to maintain a consistent state table on...   Jul 6 2008, 07:10 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 6 2008, 01:10 PM) You ex...   Jul 6 2008, 07:19 PM
|- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 6 2008, 02:19 PM) See,...   Jul 12 2008, 02:04 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (Cthulhudreams @ Jul 12 2008, 09:04...   Jul 13 2008, 02:53 AM
|- - Carny   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 13 2008, 02:53 AM) You...   Jul 13 2008, 10:47 AM
|- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 12 2008, 09:53 PM) You...   Jul 13 2008, 11:56 PM
- - JoelHalpern   We can argue all day about whether secure money is...   Jul 7 2008, 03:14 AM
- - DireRadiant   Is something borken because you don't know exa...   Jul 7 2008, 11:42 PM
- - kigmatzomat   QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 4 2008, 07:26 PM) I r...   Jul 8 2008, 02:53 PM
- - kzt   If you can break a 128 bit in less than 2 days you...   Jul 8 2008, 06:03 PM
|- - pnut75   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 8 2008, 02:03 PM) If you...   Jul 10 2008, 05:17 PM
- - DireRadiant   There's always a bigger number.   Jul 8 2008, 06:59 PM
- - kzt   It's complex, but here's the most readable...   Jul 10 2008, 06:27 PM
- - Aaron   Except that the energy numbers are directly relate...   Jul 10 2008, 06:51 PM
|- - pnut75   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 10 2008, 02:51 PM) ......   Jul 10 2008, 07:26 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 10 2008, 11:51 AM) Exc...   Jul 10 2008, 08:09 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 10 2008, 03:09 PM) No, t...   Jul 11 2008, 02:53 AM
|- - Carny   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 11 2008, 02:53 AM) Thi...   Jul 11 2008, 03:25 AM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 10 2008, 08:53 PM) Thi...   Jul 11 2008, 08:27 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 11 2008, 03:27 PM) The C...   Jul 12 2008, 02:48 AM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 11 2008, 08:48 PM) Tha...   Jul 12 2008, 07:38 AM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 12 2008, 02:38 AM) You m...   Jul 12 2008, 10:49 AM
- - Ryu   Heh. It´s not what you have, it´s how you use it...   Jul 10 2008, 08:08 PM
- - Ryu   Any process that is efficient today might/will be ...   Jul 10 2008, 08:59 PM
- - JoelHalpern   The other point on the energy analysis is that if ...   Jul 11 2008, 03:31 AM
- - Zaranthan   Forgive me if I've missed a cryptology lesson ...   Jul 12 2008, 01:40 AM
- - BishopMcQ   I'm just going to throw some questions out the...   Jul 12 2008, 03:20 AM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Jul 11 2008, 09:20 PM)...   Jul 12 2008, 08:11 AM
- - Ryu   Not exactly new, but it shows why Landauer entropy...   Jul 12 2008, 08:51 AM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Ryu @ Jul 12 2008, 02:51 AM) Not e...   Jul 14 2008, 05:31 AM
|- - Ryu   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 14 2008, 07:31 AM) It...   Jul 14 2008, 06:41 PM
- - DireRadiant   All I know is money shouldn't work in theory, ...   Jul 14 2008, 02:14 AM
- - Aaron   DireRadiant, that's probably the best answer, ...   Jul 14 2008, 03:26 AM
- - Cthulhudreams   Money works perfectly well in the modern world bec...   Jul 14 2008, 03:36 AM
- - BishopMcQ   I think you may be making a false assumption. Mon...   Jul 14 2008, 04:56 AM
|- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Jul 13 2008, 11:56 PM)...   Jul 14 2008, 06:09 AM
- - Zaranthan   QUOTE Edit2: Also, why doesn;t the system probe de...   Jul 14 2008, 02:22 PM
|- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (Zaranthan @ Jul 14 2008, 09:22 AM)...   Jul 14 2008, 11:42 PM
|- - noonesshowmonkey   QUOTE Also, identification is definatly issued, it...   Jul 15 2008, 02:04 AM
|- - kigmatzomat   QUOTE (Zaranthan @ Jul 14 2008, 09:22 AM)...   Jul 15 2008, 02:55 AM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (kigmatzomat @ Jul 14 2008, 07:55 P...   Jul 15 2008, 03:14 AM
- - noonesshowmonkey   I am coming into this late, and for that I apologi...   Jul 14 2008, 06:43 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (noonesshowmonkey @ Jul 14 2008, 12...   Jul 14 2008, 09:21 PM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 14 2008, 04:21 PM) There...   Jul 14 2008, 11:27 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 14 2008, 05:27 PM) I t...   Jul 15 2008, 12:57 AM
|- - Aaron   I'm putting this here because it's tangent...   Jul 15 2008, 01:23 AM
|- - WearzManySkins   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 14 2008, 08:23 PM) let...   Jul 15 2008, 01:29 AM
- - noonesshowmonkey   As I pointed out in the begining of the post I was...   Jul 15 2008, 01:43 AM
- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE As far as I have known any cryptology is bre...   Jul 15 2008, 01:51 AM
|- - Aaron   QUOTE (Cthulhudreams @ Jul 14 2008, 08:51...   Jul 15 2008, 01:59 AM
|- - noonesshowmonkey   QUOTE (Aaron @ Jul 14 2008, 09:59 PM) OTP...   Jul 15 2008, 02:07 AM
- - kigmatzomat   That's because if a single charge is disputed,...   Jul 16 2008, 02:45 AM


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