====== COMPUTER SYSTEM MAPS ======

  - Buy a book of maze worksheets or generate mazes at [[http://mazegenerator.net]]
    - Maze sizes of 5x5 for residential or small business up to 10 x 10 for megacorporations.
  - Outside of the maze is the NET and inside the maze is the network of computer systems for that location.
  - The square outside the entrance is the public GATEWAY which links this private network to the NET.
    -  One side of GATEWAY square links into the maze.
    - The other sides of the GATEWAY link to the NET.
  - The square at the exit is the ADMIN server
    * Yes, admins usually have a hidden method to get from the NET directly into the admin server... 
  - Assign squares inside the maze a type of server (roll a d6):
    * 1 DATABASE - holds user or financial records and other information 
    * 2 SERVER - a small server providing some single specific service to the corporation
    * 3 GROUP SERVER - a larger server holding a specific group's information such as HR, Legal, Finance, etc. 
    * 4 ROUTER - a device that connects to a partner company's network
    * 5 CONTROLLER - a device that controls building hardware such as security cameras, elevators, video conference rooms, A/C, power, etc.
    * 6 WORKSTATION - where staff connect directly to the network
  - Link squares - each system in the maze map is linked to its neighbors where paths are not blocked by walls.
  - On lined paper, number a line for each square in the maze which you populated above.
  - List out the devices in the maze, giving each a unique "encounter number"
  - List defense programs for the servers
  - List rewards for hacking the servers - accounts, transferrable cash, file connections, databases, email clues, permissions to other systems, secrets ...
  - The security level for the ADMIN server is usually the highest in the network.

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