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Sculpting: The node looks a
lot like it does in real life, but with
more flash. Most of the architecture
is translucent, and patrons
who buy a membership are allowed
to fly and to pass through walls.
Hardware: Fifteen custom
Renraku Retailer Hubs (Persona
Limit 10, Processor Limit 20)
Authentication: Web of
Trust (SIN verification)
Privileges: Standard, plus
registered users receive targeted
coupons.
Attributes:
Nodes 1–15: Firewall
4, Response 3, Signal 5, System 3.
Spiders: 3 Professional
Spiders on duty at all times.
IC: 1 Watanabe Electric
Kitsune 3 per node (patrolling)
Resident Programs:
Nodes 1–15: Analyze 3
ARC: Scramble Security Hacker
Topology: Fifteen identical nodes, each linked via wireless
in a mesh.
Undergraduate Matrix Lab, cambridge, UcaS
This tiny hacker’s den is tucked into a corner of the
MIT&T campus. It is popular system for young hackers and
is often the site of pranks, both on and by the system administrators.
It is an excellent example of a clever security design
without top-of-the-line hardware.
Sculpting: The sculpting in this node changes from semester
to semester. It often includes popular culture references,
beavers, cutting-edge animation, and even some sports iconography
if the Engineers are doing well this season.
Authentication: Varies, usually Linked Passcode, occasionally
Other Authentication Method
Hardware: Each node changes from term to term, and each
is unique (Persona Limit 10–25, Processor Limit 20–50)
Privileges: Standard, but a large percentage of registered
users have security and admin accounts.
Attributes:
Nodes 1–4: Firewall 5, Response 2, Signal 2, System 4
Spiders: A random mix of Casual Hackers, Novices,
and Professional Hackers, with the occasional Security
Technomancer. There are 1–6 spiders in the system at any
given time.
IC: 1 MCT Bloodhound 4 per node (patrolling), other IC
(loaded) which varies according to students’ whims
Resident Programs:
Nodes 1–4: Analyze 4, occasionally Encrypt 3
ARC: Variable; use the Random Alert Response table, p.
223, SR4
Topology: Nodes 1 through 4 are linked via wireless in a
mesh. Each uses decoys to prevent access from one to another.
Unwired
dante’s inferno, Hong kong
Like the famous and incrementally exclusive club in real life,
this system has multiple layers of access. Each node is a painstakingly
sculpted version of the real Dante’s Inferno in the Central
District, complete with virtual glass dance floors to give patrons a
look at the icons dancing in the nodes “above” and “below.”
Sculpting: The virtual decor in each node is modeled after
each of ten Buddhist hells. Each node appears as one of the dance
floors in the real-world version of the club, except that the size of
the virtual room changes based on the number of patrons within
it. Special guests are given “super powers,” such as the ability to fly
or dance on the walls and ceiling.
Hardware: Sony Spectacle Nexus (Persona Limit 10,
Processor Limit 35)
Authentication:
Nodes 1–9: Passcode
Nodes 10–11: Passkey
Privileges: Standard, plus user access allows a construct to
appear in the real-world AR system.
Attributes:
Node 1–3: Firewall 3, Response 3, Signal 3, System 3
Node 4–6: Firewall 4, Response 3, Signal 3, System 3
Node 7–9: Firewall 5, Response 4, Signal 3, System 4
Node 10–11: Firewall 5, Response 4, Signal 2, System 5
Spiders: 1 Security Consultant and 1 Professional Spider on
duty at all times.
IC: 2 Watanabe Electric Kitsune 3 w/ custom sculpting per
node (patrolling)
Resident Programs:
Node 1–6: Analyze 3
Node 7–9: Analyze 4
Node 10–11: Analyze 5, Encrypt 5
ARC: Scramble Security Hacker
Topology: Node 1 is open to the Matrix and available for
wireless access. Each of Nodes 1 through 10 are connected sequen-
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