From:	Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns)
Date:	Thu, 21 May 1998 12:05:31 -0500

<snip: my hardware solution>

D'Oh! One thing I missed, of course, is that if the security tally is in
read-only memory, it won't increase no matter what deckers do :)

I was trying to keep it simple, but how about this: The description of the
computer's security sheath etc. is stored in the read-only page like I
described, but the actuall tally is a hardware register, not a memory
location. Software can push a "button" and increment it, but there is no
software "button" to decrement it. That can only be done by hardware
timer (causing the system to relax) or by pushing real life buttons on the
outside of the mainframe case, controled by the aformentioned security
key. Red systems probably get even more paranoid.

Just for context, "cheap" minicomputers (like the RS6000) do stuff like
this now, and they start at the $6000 buck range.

Double-Domed Mike
--Real life Otaku...