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Decker on the Threshold  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156  |
Or you could just mail it anonymously to Media Technologies's HR department. Since you sent in the evidence first, any subsequent evidence he brings up will look like him trying to pin it on someone else. Kinda like you're doing now. :)
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Oct 8 2004, 02:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Wow, cool stuff. I don't think I would have thought of any of those.
This is a good idea but I thought of something else. Could I mass email it to everyone in the company anonymously?
Looks like I'm in decent shape. Before I do any mass emailing, I want to finish all the internal stuff. So I need to do some more searching for the promotion list. First I'm going to swap out Deception and load Browse (let me know if I need some kind of test). I'll then do a Locate File on "promotion". My Browse is 6: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 7, 8, 14, 17 I'm guessing 3-4 successes. I'll try the Locate again: 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 9, 11 That should give 2 more which should add up to 5 total. |
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Oct 8 2004, 02:48 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
If you ever swap or download something larger than your I/O speed, we'll start talking null ops tests. Until then, it's water under the bridge.
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Oct 8 2004, 03:11 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You have yet to find the file.
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Oct 8 2004, 03:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Ouch, now what's going on? Did I trigger a Probe? I don't think I did before did I? Does the sheaf change? Does it seem like there isn't anything related to promotions where I'm looking? |
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Oct 8 2004, 03:46 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Possible reasons for failure: your TNs are higher than you think they are (pointing to Probe IC), the system got enough successes to cancel yours below 5, or the file is not within your area of search.
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Oct 8 2004, 02:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Hmm, I don't think I triggered a Probe before. I'll give my Locate one more try...
1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 11, 11 |
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Oct 8 2004, 03:11 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You find a memo.
The memo is dated a little over a year ago. [ Spoiler ]
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Oct 8 2004, 03:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Does this mean its own PTG or just a different area within this one? |
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Oct 8 2004, 03:44 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Presumably another host within the PLTG. Having it that separate from this host seems overly paranoid for an otherwise not terribly secure company.
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Oct 8 2004, 04:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
So how do I go about finding it? |
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Oct 8 2004, 04:31 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Locate Access Node. Another search-style operation.
Either that or finding info that'll point you right to it. ~J |
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Oct 9 2004, 03:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Whoa, lots going on today: Red Sox, debate. Back now.
Gotcha. I'm looking for anything referring to promotions. My Browse is 6: 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16 |
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Oct 10 2004, 08:09 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You do not immediately find the host.
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Oct 10 2004, 02:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Hmm, this seems to be a common theme here. Locate Access Node is an interrogation so I need 5 successes. If at first you don't succeed.... 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 8, 13, 16 |
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Oct 10 2004, 08:07 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You find a stock UMS SAN tucked away in the back of the system and covered in warnings. "DO NOT ENTER" and "SAN ENCRYPTED: AUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS ONLY".
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Oct 10 2004, 08:09 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Incidentally, under normal circumstances his TN or required number of successes would probably be higher, as his search terms were fairly general. On the other hand, coming up with a good search string is perhaps a bit beyond the scope of this initial demonstration.
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Oct 10 2004, 10:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
n00b alert: Can you give me a brief definition of what this is? :? |
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Oct 10 2004, 10:46 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
SAN=System Access Node, a point at which to access a host. UMS I forget the exact expansion of, something like Universal Matrix Symbology. A set of stock icons, whereby triangular prisms are SANs, cubes are datastores, spheres are slave nodes, dodecahedrons are SPUs or CPUs, etc. etc. etc. They're what you get if you don't spend the money or effort on a sculpted system.
It's usually a sign that the host is not meant to be human-inhabited or the attentions of those running it are turned to things other than human interfaces. Consider it similar to having an open directory over http with files instead of a web page. ~J |
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Oct 11 2004, 12:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Ok, gotcha. I read a little about UMS in Target: Matrix last night. So basically this system connects to another SAN that looks more "generic" than the rest of the host does. Does this SAN have it's own LTG#? Is it directly connected to the LTG or is it just another layer of the corp host? (I'm just wondering a bit about Matrix topography in general) Can do an Analyze Host or Analyze Subsystem on it to get any additional info? What do I have to do to gain access into this SAN? |
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Oct 12 2004, 12:48 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
It's a second-tier host. Refer to the host arrangement diagrams in SR3 for example drawings of Tiered Host layouts. You can log directly on, but it requires a Logon to Host operation and you can't Analyze Host until you're on, as usual.
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Oct 12 2004, 02:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
If you want information exposed, you have another two options, though they rely on your contacts.
-If you really want the information to be found and it's juicy, you might earn some extra cred by sending it to a Media Corp so it publishes on the Afternoon Bulletin. This way, the corp will have to react and probably fire the "problematic" man, thus leaving your Johnson free and with a possible new job. -Second, you can send it to Shadowland. Information is usually found here, even for corps, and you might earn some favors this way (at least, you pay your upkeep with this contact). Reactions to it will probably be less open, but probably useful too. Both of this options are only usefull if the information incriminates the worker but doesn't really damage the corp. If not, your employer might not pay you, since you made his job danger. Anyway, I must say this thread is being quite helpfull, but it'd win a lot if you both added the background descriptions of actions and places. If not, the Matrix becomes a bit "cold" and looses much of what makes it so appealing. Well, that's just my 0.2 €. Keep up the good work! :) |
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Oct 12 2004, 02:50 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I've been considering it, but I've been going light on that since the prime focus of the thread is the rules. I'll try to spice it up a little more here and there, though.
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Oct 12 2004, 03:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Hey guys, sorry it's taken me so long. I need to read over the past couple of posts and figure out what I want to do. Stay tuned!
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Oct 12 2004, 04:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
Ok, cool. That helps. That's one of the reasons why I was asking so many questions. I was having trouble "visualizing" what was actually happening. First off, I want to find that promotion database. Is there anyway to get info about the host before entering (aside from Analyze Host)? Is there any general description of it in the top host? Either way, I'll try to Logon. With his gloves tied by his side and white robe hanging loosely over his shoulders, GlassJaw will do a light jog up to the door and try to puch them open... Deception 6: 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16 |
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