Chapter 33: Super Server

  The organizer of this hacking competition provided a server and publicly claimed that the server's firewall was jointly developed by the world's top computer giants, and the terminal of the server is also connected to a supercomputer. Within twelve hours, any hacker can legally attack this server. After breaking through the server, you can directly face the supercomputer behind the server. As long as you obtain control permission for this computer and enter your hacker ID in the core folder of the computer, you are considered successful.

  It has to be said that the difficulty level here is quite high. Most hackers, upon seeing the specific rules of the competition, have already given up, while those who ultimately decide to participate in this tournament are undoubtedly all top-notch experts. Feng Xiaotian decides to join; can he be considered a hacking master? As for this question... it can only be seen from his subsequent performance.

  The wind laughed and got up to go to the bathroom, then sat down in front of the computer and waited. Before long, it was 9 o'clock at night - or 9 am US time. According to a message from The New York Times, Feng had already logged onto the website provided by the organizers. At 9 o'clock sharp, a window popped up on the site, and all you had to do was click on it to log onto the server - of course, logging onto the server is one thing, but breaking into it would depend on the individual hacker's skills.

  Feng Xiao Tian quickly logged into the server and then he began searching for vulnerabilities in the server.

  What is a server? In short, it's computer software and hardware, or a matrix composed of many identical software and hardware. Its main body is actually an enhanced version of a computer, with powerful computing capabilities, capable of processing massive amounts of information simultaneously. The servers provided for this hacking competition are indeed very powerful, at least Feng Xiaotian searched around but couldn't find any vulnerabilities.

  Five minutes later, Feng Xiaotian stopped the work in his hands and began to think. Through the previous probe, he suddenly discovered that this server actually had as many as 100 processing systems. This made Feng Xiaotian feel a little speechless, because if you want to break through this server, you must make it paralyzed first. To put it simply: if you want to search for something on someone's body, and the person doesn't cooperate, what do you do? Of course, you control him.

  The problem is that the other side has a hundred sets of systems, which means you are facing a hundred people, but you only have one person. How can you subdue the opponent? The disparity in strength is really too great!

  Feng Xiaotian thought for a while and vaguely came up with a feasible plan: since he couldn't solve the server problem by force, then he would use other methods. The method Feng Xiaotian thought of was to obtain the server's password.

  Each server has a password that only administrators know. How can I get this password? The best way is to find it directly from the administrator.

  Feng Xiang Tian thought of this, and directly bypassed the server's core program, turning to crack the server's login log. As long as he obtained the login log, he would be able to know who was the administrator of this computer. From then on, things might become easier.

  At the same time, Professor Vincent, head of the US National Computer Security Center, was standing in front of a supercomputer checking the situation. The supercomputer in front of him usually monitored various data flows on the network, but today, half of the supercomputers were focused on this hacking competition. Professor Vincent looked at the various data analysis on the screen, and after a while, he glanced at his watch and chuckled: "Seven minutes have passed, and these hackers still haven't made any progress. It seems that this year's hacking competition is not easy."

  Rochy, who was standing below, couldn't help but burst out laughing and said: "That's right! Don't look at how fierce these people are normally, but when faced with a matrix composed of 100 sets of processing systems, they're all at a loss!"

  Loki's face was filled with complacency, as a staff member of the US National Computer Security Center, he had frequent dealings with these hackers, and their lawless behavior always kept him busy. Now that he saw the hackers getting their comeuppance, Loki naturally felt elated.

  Professor Vincent smiled and said, "Hehe, this hacking competition is indeed unusual. A matrix composed of 100 software suites would be difficult to break through with ordinary methods. Look at these guys, they're actually using a flood attack, no wonder they haven't made any progress so far."

  Flood attacks are still effective against servers, but that's when they're facing ordinary servers with only one or two sets of processing systems. However, this server has a hundred sets of processing systems, and its configuration is top-notch, using an extremely powerful firewall. As a result, the flood attack doesn't seem to have much effect, at least for now, the server appears to be unaffected, and its processing speed remains as fast as ever.

  Actually, Professor Vincent didn't mention one more thing. Although the organizer did not reveal anything about the server when they announced the competition system to the outside world, according to the information obtained by Professor Vincent, this server is actually composed of 100 supercomputers! Want to crack it? Go dream on!

  Rochi didn't know this, and upon hearing Professor Vincent's words, he asked in puzzlement: "Professor, I feel like there's something different about this hacking competition. Although this server has a soft matrix, the number of hackers attacking it isn't small either, and their DDoS attacks are terrifyingly abnormal. Yet despite all this, the server hasn't been affected at all - isn't that strange?"

  Professor Vincent laughed and said, "That's not our concern now. As long as we can get through the next twelve hours smoothly, our job will be done. Let's not think about anything else."

  Loki nodded after hearing this and stopped talking. Professor Vincent looked at him for a while, then waved goodbye and walked out of the monitoring room. As he walked, he thought to himself: It's indeed quite strange. A few days ago, people from the National Security Bureau came to me and told me not to investigate the situation of the main sponsor of this competition. It seems that this should be a test conducted by some secret department. As for these hackers, it seems that they are just being used as tools for testing. Sigh, I hope this secret won't be exposed. If those hackers find out that they've been deceived, they will definitely take revenge.

  A hundred supercomputers forming a server, who can break through? These people are really something, what's the point of doing these tests anyway?