From:	Number Ten Ox number_10_ox@**********.com
Subject:	Matrix Security Tally
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 1999 05:08:45 -0700 (PDT)

---Marc Renouf <renouf@********.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Jean-Francois Audet wrote:
>
> > Does security tally raise for everyone present at the same time or is
> > it for each individual?
>
> Security Tally is an individual thing, but keep in mind that some
> types of IC you activate may make things harder for other deckers in the
> system.
Huh? Uhm. No, actually, VR2.0 specifically states (and has an
example to that effect, IIRC) that Security Tally is a *system* rating.
Thus, if Cowboy Bob has been messing around with the system and the Tally
is at 12, when Cowboy Joe tries to log in he will find the Tally already
at 12.

Which makes sense from a sysadmin standpoint: the Security Tally is
a measure of how alert the system is that someone, somewhere, is messing
with it. Who the decker is shouldn't matter to the system.

--Number 10.

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