 A few ideas on Node Security |
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 May 16 2006, 02:00 PM
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Mr. Johnson  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314  |
Of course it's allowed. Reasonable? Probably less so. The question is, where are those agents running? If they're running on your commlink, you'll suck the Response penalty. If you want them to run on the target commlink, you've still got to get access first. |
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May 16 2006, 02:11 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Or you have a second and even a third commlink housing those agents. |
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May 16 2006, 04:47 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
If I had 18 agents they would be running on 2 rating 5 comlinks each with a reality filter that is 10 programs per comlink and a net response rating of 5 (rating 5 +1 reality filter -1 extra programs)
There is also the possibility to run an agent and cut it lose I recently herd about. I don’t know the rules for that yet Edward |
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May 16 2006, 05:13 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
If you send an agent to another node, it runs on that node, but still uses your ID (for trace purposes; it's like astral signature). |
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May 16 2006, 06:05 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
And you have to have access to the node to upload the agents in the first place. |
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May 16 2006, 06:13 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
Or have the agent break in, but it's still on your commlink until it does. |
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May 16 2006, 06:28 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
Yeah, you could do that, but i thought our general concept here was infiltrating a bunch of agents then laying waste to the system. Unless you've already *got* access, all that infiltrating will be pretty likely to set off an alarm at some point.
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May 17 2006, 10:37 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
The most obvious way to use a agent pack is to have them assist your jam in and admin account, succeed in the first action and gain entry in one second with no greater risk of detection than sniffing in for 3 hours.
You leave the agents not on your primary comlink outside and create accounts for them (a legitimist action) once you are in. Edward |
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May 17 2006, 07:33 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I wasn't aware that non-living "characters" like agents could assist on actions. If nothing else, wouldn't the system get a roll to detect each of them?
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