From:	MCP <MCP@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Weird Campaigns -Reply
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 08:52:19 -0700

> From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM> Tuesday, May 19, 1998 9:25 AM
>
> 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.
>
But what happens when there is a decker in the system who has upped the
tally to a dangerous level (say one or two points short of black ICE),
and the VP of Engineering tries to log on, and types his password wrong?

I know it is unlikely, but it only has to happen once before the security
system is changed corp-wide.

MCP