From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Fiber Optics [was: Re: FAB Revisited]
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 09:19:17 -0700

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> From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Fiber Optics [was: Re: FAB Revisited]
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 9:08 AM
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>
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> The other difficulty I see by having a parallel line for decker
> simsense, it'd be a lot easier to tell if you've got a rogue decker in
> your system. If the simsense signals travel the same datalines as the
> rest of the data, the decker's signals get hidden in the noise of the
> massive datapacket traffic of a normal system.

An idea that comes to mind is that rather than having a parallel line for
deckers, why not have nothing? It looks like a normal datapath, and by
performing an analyze operation you can tell that data you're looking for
had been transfered down there, but when you try to actually go there,
simsense just cuts out and a copy of your icon is shunted down the line.
You're still connected though, and can still act, but you are effectively
more than blind. No senses whatsoever. Call it a +16 for any operations
to represent that fact. Kinda like trying to use a stranger's computer
when the monitor and keyboard are broken, and all you can use is the mouse.
You can still act, though. You can still send signals and stuff to where
your icon is at. It just can't send any information back. The major
drawback being that the corporate deckers can tell that you're in the
machine a bit easier, and can just skip over to the SAN and run a trace on
you from there.