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> smartlink in SR4 can it be the same as in SR3?
Butterblume
post Aug 28 2006, 08:37 PM
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Associating stuff with your commlink is basically a security measure. A commlink can be made more secure than a piece of cyberware, and associating the two also means a hacker has to get through your commlink before attempting to hack your cyberware (or whatever other piece of electronic equipment you're carrying).

The point is, most cyberware works just as well without wireless at all, by using DNI. So, by switching of wireless there is no way anyone can hack your cyberarm or cyberears, for example.
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post Aug 28 2006, 09:07 PM
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The point is, most cyberware works just as well without wireless at all, by using DNI. So, by switching of wireless there is no way anyone can hack your cyberarm or cyberears, for example.

I wasn't just talking about cyberware, but about equipment in general. Most cyberware really has no business having online capabilities, but there are plenty of items who do. In such cases, it makes sense to route them through your commlink.
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post Aug 28 2006, 10:12 PM
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Security is only as strong as the weakest point. If cyberware security is so weak that without a commlink it's a sitting duck, it's just as vulnerable with one.
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post Aug 28 2006, 10:48 PM
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With a careful pilot and a small enough, quiet enough drone, even skinlinked gear is vulnerable.

Sure, they're unlikely to try this in the middle of a firefight, but shadowrunners aren't always the people who get to initiate a fight.
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post Aug 28 2006, 11:35 PM
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Security is only as strong as the weakest point. If cyberware security is so weak that without a commlink it's a sitting duck, it's just as vulnerable with one.

Devices can host their own IC. You could treat each piece of 'ware as it's own node making a Tier/Mesh PAN instead of just one generic PAN. Biggest drawn back is most common device ratings are low but nothing is stopping you from loading *some* sort of IC in it.
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