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From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Weird Campaigns -Reply
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:25:07 -0500
Wafflemeisters wrote:
> Alert status can be worked around; the alert is sounded
> universally, but security tallies for each decker are SEPERATE
> (otherwise, IC would jump EVERYBODY, even legit users).

No, legit users have valid passcodes and attempt "suspicious" actions
infrequently. Tallies are global, which is why the first few entries on a
security sheath are things like probe or white ice--otherwise the first
dweeb who forgets his passcode and asks for the wrong file gets
phychotropically altered.

Double-Domed Mike

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