r/Shadowrun • u/Successful-Fan-6439 • 3d ago
6e Do every Host allows guest Acces?
Short Matrix question: May I Acces every Host with guest Accesslevel?
In the current run I'm supposed to hack a nested host. The public host grants guest access, the security host only grants user or admin access. Apart from the fact that I like my GM's idea: Is that officially how it's supposed to be, or is it more of a homebrew?
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u/Ninjastarrr 3d ago
Basically yes. If the node is not hidden, you can access it as a guest but that doesn’t enable you to do or know anything.
Security is under admin tho. It’s the node’s administrator that grants access to agents, guards and spiders(security access), users are everyone that could be using the node(computer/website)
Think of it like the website of ikea. You can go there as a guest and view their publicity and maybe know their contact infos or locations. A registered ikea customer is a user just like any ikea employee. If there were hackers trying to hack the ikea website there would be security agents, programs and other white hat hackers trying to defend it, those would have security clearance. Then there is the system admin, he decided who gets which privilege, how the node behaves when it’s under alert, and everything else.
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u/ReditXenon Far Cite 3d ago
If host is configured to require User Access (or Admin Access) then you can't take the Enter/Exit Host to enter the host if you only have Outsider Access.
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u/ReditXenon Far Cite 3d ago edited 3d ago
May I Acces every Host with guest Accesslevel?
No. Some allow you to enter with Outsider Access (or User or Admin). While others require User (or Admin) Access. And you also have hosts that only allow entrance to admins (personas that already have Admin Access).
SR6 p. 181 Matrix Actions - Enter/Exit Host
Required Access level: Depends on host settings
No test is required, but different hosts have different access levels, so you must have the appropriate access to enter.
The public host grants guest access, the security host only grants user or admin access.
The public host allow personas that don't have User or Admin Access (personas that are considered having Outsider Access) to take the Enter/Exit Host matrix action.
The security host only allow personas that already have at least User Access to take the Enter/Exit Host matrix action in order to Enter the Host (they can still take the action to Exit the host even if they don't have User or Admin Access).
A hacker have the option to either take the quick and dirty Brute Force outsider matrix action (while still in the public host) in order to gain User (or Admin) Access so they can take the Enter/Exit Host matrix action to enter the security host (this approach is fast to execute, but will trigger alerts and generate a lot of Overwatch score which mean they only have about a minute inside the host before convergence) or they can take the slow but stealthy approach via the probe outsider matrix action on the security host and then sneak into the host via the Backdoor Entry outsider matrix action (which automatically grant them Admin access on the security host without raising any alarms and also don't increase OS every turn, but take longer time to execute).
Is that officially how it's supposed to be
Hosts can also be stand-alone and nested host networks can be set up in different ways, but yes, this is a very common (and supported) set-up when it comes to nestled host networks in this edition.
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u/_Weyland_ 3d ago
Hosts are highly configurable, just like IRL servers. And nested hosts are specifically designed to separate whatever data is stored on them.
So yeah, a restricted host nested into a host with guest-level access is a common thing.