· Deimos Rising
· Gooball
· Pop-Pop
· Redline
· SimCity 4
· Uplink
-- Basics
-- Gameplay
-- Freelance
-- Storyline
-- Products
-- Hacking
-- Add-ons
-- Misc
· Reviews
· About
Following is a list of each type of server, and the kind of security you can expect to find on each server.
Internal Services Machine
This is the most common type of System in the game. They are easy to hack into, and a lot of the missions in the game will involve these systems. They have a File Server, a Console, a Links page, and Log access, as well as a few useless features such as Security viewing and Accounts. Security varies slightly between systems, but they always have a Password screen, and usually have a monitor, as their only main defense so a Password breaker will be sufficient to enter the system. Later on it the game, they start getting Proxy's and Firewall's at different levels, so a Bypass or Disabler will be required to change anything on the server. Generally, traces, both active and passive, are slow from these Systems, though a few storyline servers will trace faster.
Central Mainframe
A lot more secure than an Internal Services Machine, though fewer in numbers, Central Mainframe sport a large amount of security, and faster traces. They also only accept connections from 'Trusted Systems', meaning systems owned by the same company. That means that in order to be able to connect to one, your last bounce point before the Central Mainframe has to be a server owned by the same company. They always have a Password Screen, some have a Voice Print Analyser, others have Elliptic Curve Cyphers, and some have both. They always have Monitor's, Proxy's and Firewall's of varying levels, though most of them will be level 4 or 5. They have a File Server, Console and Log Access, but these don't have any Link's section. Most of the harder missions will involve these servers.
Public Access Servers
These systems can't be hacked, there is nothing there. All these systems are for is detailing the Admin for the relevant companies systems. This is where you go if you need the phone number of an Admin in order to break through a Voice Print Analyser.
Banks
Supposedly one of the most secure types of server in the game, though oddly the easiest to hack. Because using a Monitor Bypass disables all Active Traces, you have all the time you need in the system. Don't let your self be fooled though, banks have the fastest passive traces in the game, sometimes tracing you in a matter of minutes, so once you are done, you need to work fast to clear your logs.
The accounts section is protected by a Password Screen, using the account number as the user name. Firewalls and Proxy's of varying levels protect the banks though, so these will need to be circumvented in order to make any changes to an account.
The Admin section is protected by a Password, Voice Print and Elliptic Curve Cypher, and allows you access to the banks connection logs, and also the account number and password of every account at that bank.
Each bank lists their Admin in an 'About' screen, and you have the ability to create a new account as well.
File Servers
A lot of companies have stand alone File Servers used for storing large amounts of data away from the main system. You will mainly uses these when you do 'Copy a Database' missions, as you will have to dump the files that you have copied there. They have no monitor, and although they have a password screen, these servers cannot actually be hacked. The only way to get the passwords for them is to get them via missions. If you do happen to have access to a File Server, they are very useful for backing up your programs, should something bad happen to your gateway and you have files that you cannot get again.
Voice Phone Systems
Basically, dial into a person's phone, and record their voice. You can't hack anything here, but this is where you get the voices for the Voice Print Analyser. Connect to the phone system and run the Voice Analyser to record the voice.
Personal Computers
These serve little purpose. They are there so you know the IP address of someone you need to frame for a crime, that's about it really. They cannot be entered because they do not accept external connections.
Local Area Networks (LANs)
These are the most secure type of system in the game, requiring a lot of time and skill to break into them. They have numerous different security features, including the standard ones found on other servers. Expensive software and HUD upgrades will be required before you can even enter these systems, and if you aren't careful, the systems admin will log on and hunt you down on the system. These systems will appear in later missions and in the story line as well.
Remote Access Terminals
These do nothing. Period.
