Will helped Liu Xiao put his things into the room and left, Liu Xiao took out the materials he needed to meet Hillar in the afternoon, put them together, and then prepared to rest. At a glance, I found that there was a computer in the room for the use of guests, and I was a little curious, so I went over and turned on the computer.

After browsing, Liu Xiao found that what Shang Yue said was not an exaggeration, and the degree of informatization in Estonia was indeed very high. Liu Xiao just checked into the hotel, in some hotel booking websites in Estonia, you can find out that the room where Liu Xiao is now staying has been occupied, and provide some simple information, such as the time of guest check-in, check-out time, in the hotel's internal website, you can also find Liu Xiao's identity information, the internal website can help guests book meals, cars, sightseeing tickets, flight tickets and other things.

Liu Xiao used the hotel's computer to access external online business websites, and found that these websites could automatically identify Liu Xiao from a certain room in the hotel, Liu Xiao did not need to register an account, and he could also buy items on these websites, but the cost would be automatically included in your hotel expenses.

This made Liu Xiao a little surprised, the more advanced level of informatization in China can only be achieved with the help of things like magnetic card accounts, but there is no need for anything here.

Liu Xiao shook his head and stood up, doing this, it seems to be a lot more convenient, but there are also many hidden dangers in terms of security, if the guest staying at the hotel is a hacker master, he can graft all his expenses to someone else's name, but then again, the probability of a hacker master among the hotel guests is afraid that it is also one in ten thousand. Estonia dares to adopt this kind of credit method, it seems that it is quite confident in its security identification measures, and secondly, it has been trying and practicing in this area for a long time.

"It seems that this time I came here, I really came to the right place!" Liu Xiao smiled, turned off the computer, turned over and lay on the bed, ready to take a break, it was a bumpy journey, and he was indeed a little tired.

Just got off the plane, Liu Xiao slept very uncomfortable, he felt that he was still sitting on the plane in his sleep, swaying, and in a daze he heard that someone seemed to ring the doorbell, Liu Xiao got up, and when he looked at the time, he knew that it should be Will, so he hurriedly went to open the door.

"Mr. Liu!" it was Will, who was standing outside the door, "It's almost time, we should go see Mr. Hillar!"

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll get something!" Liu Xiao entered the house and picked up his purse, turned around and pulled the door open, and went downstairs with Will.

The car continued to drive towards the city center, and Will introduced Liu Xiao to some of the landmark buildings he saw all the way, passing by a square, Liu Xiao saw many people standing there holding signs, as if protesting.

"What are these people doing?" asked Liu Xiao.

Will pointed farther away and said, "Have you seen a group of statues over there?"

Liu Xiao saw that there was a group of statues behind those people, so he nodded and said, "I saw it, these statues look a little familiar." ”

"This is a statue of the Soviet Red Army, which is very common in many movies, and it is not surprising that you think it is familiar!" Will explained to Liu Xiao, "Estonia used to belong to the Soviet Union, and this statue was also built by the Soviet Union, and now Estonia ZF wants to demolish this statue, so there are many people who are dissatisfied." Most of the people who are protesting here are ethnic Russians, and a quarter of Estonia's population is ethnic Russian. ”

Liu Xiao said "oh", the domestic news rarely reports on these things, so he is not clear about what is happening here, and the domestic media's eyes are more aimed at those more powerful countries, such as the United States, Russia, etc., and rarely involve what happened in these small countries.

The car passed in front of the square, and then stopped in front of a red building, Will parked the car, led Liu Xiao into the building, and said as he walked: "This is the computer response center of Estonia ZF, and the security of the entire Estonian network depends on the people in this building, which can be said to be the core of national security, because Estonia has a relatively high degree of informatization." For example, when I just parked outside, it seems that no one comes to collect the parking fee, but in fact, when you park there and when you leave, it has been recorded, and the parking fee will be automatically deducted from your credit card, as well as other things like utilities and communication bills. ”

Liu Xiao nodded, it turns out that this is the case, it seems that the life of Estonians is indeed inseparable from the Internet.

The two went up to the third floor, where a secretary's seat was set up in the spacious hallway, where a beautiful blonde woman was sitting, guarding a telephone and a computer.

Will went over and handed over his business card, "We're going to see Mr. Hillar, we've made an appointment!"

The beautiful woman knocked a few times on the computer, then stood up, "Please come with me, Mr. Hillar is already waiting for you!"

walked more than ten meters inside, came to a door, the beauty knocked on the door, heard an echo inside, pushed the door open, and said to Liu Xiao and Will: "Two please come in!", and when the two entered, she pulled the door and returned to her secretary's seat.

Mr. Hillar, who did not seem to be more than forty years old, did not look like a European, but rather from Central and Western Asia, and when he saw the two men come in, he stepped out of his desk and stretched out his hand to them, "Please sit here, you two!" With that, Hillar also walked towards the side of the reception area.

"I already know the intention of the two of you, and the director of the ZF Equipment Procurement Department has already talked to me on the phone before!" Hillar sat down, but spoke for Liu Xiao first.

"And what is Mr. Hillar's opinion?" Will looked at Hillar.

"Mr. Will is a good friend of our ZF, and we will definitely value the equipment you provide. But we have strict requirements for the purchased equipment, the relevant testing still has to be done, if it meets our safety standards, I don't have any opinions, it is done in full accordance with the plan of the procurement department!"

Will bowed slightly, then pointed at Liu Xiao, and said: "This is Mr. Liu from China Soft Alliance Technology Company, this equipment is what they are responsible for developing and designing, about the specific situation of the equipment, Mr. Liu will introduce it to you." ”

"Soft Alliance?" Hillar's eyes lit up, "Is that Soft Alliance in the exhibition area at the Black Hat Conference?"

Liu Xiao smiled and nodded, "Mr. Hillar is very concerned about the dynamics of the security community!"

Hillar shook his head, "It's not about paying attention, but I also participated in the Black Hat Conference this year, I was originally going for Mr. Sidney's virtual attack speech, but I didn't expect that Sidney's performance just gave me a shock, and the soft alliance immediately gave me an even bigger shock! This year's Black Hat Conference gave me too many surprises, which I will never forget!"

"It seems that it was our soft alliance that disrupted Mr. Hillar's original plan, I'm really sorry!" Liu Xiao laughed.

Hillar waved his hand, "Actually, I was very conflicted at the time, I wanted to know the principle of virtual attack, but I didn't want Sidney to announce it in public, fortunately, your product stopped Sidney, I think many people like me, sitting in this position, should thank you soft alliance." ”

"Thank you is useless, as long as you don't hold a grudge against us!" Liu Xiao looked at Hillar with a smile.

"Then Mr. Liu is here to promote the product you displayed at the Black Hat Conference!" Hillar smiled.

Liu Xiao shook his head, "Maybe I'm going to disappoint Mr. Hillar, I'm not here this time to promote that product, but to introduce you to a new product of our soft alliance!"

"New product?" Hillar was a little surprised, "what is it about?", it seems that Hillar did not take the attention of the procurement officer seriously, and he did not even know what the procurement office was going to procure the products for.

"It's a hardware firewall, mainly used to resist data flood attacks!" Liu Xiao said, opened his leather bag, and took out a stack of materials from it, "This is some text introduction about our new product, Mr. Hillar, please take a look!"

Hillar took it, but didn't look at it, but said, "Is there any connection between this product and the product you showed on the black hat?", it seems that he is more concerned about the software firewall of the soft alliance.

"They all use the latest technology of our softalliance policy-level security engine, but the focus is different, we have simplified and strengthened the security engine according to the characteristics of the hardware firewall 'fast processing speed and high strength', so that this product can cope with the maximum intensity and density of flood attacks. In addition, our product has a variety of built-in protection strategies, in the event of a flood attack, it will select the most appropriate treatment method according to the intensity and characteristics of the flood attack, and if necessary, it will also implement the emergency intervention strategy set by the customer in advance, which can maximize the normal operation of the customer's network in various situations. Liu Xiao paused slightly after speaking, and then said: "Because our policy-level security engine is used as the core, this hardware firewall is both soft and hard, and it is impossible to bypass the interception of this firewall by using general intrusion methods." If you want to be more secure, you can use this product with our software products, so that although it is not foolproof, it can also ensure the security of your network to the greatest extent. ”

"Sounds good!" Hillar nodded slightly, "but why don't you bring your software products with you!"

Liu Xiao shook his head and sighed: "First, our software products have not yet completed the production of foreign language versions, second, we have been resisted by some peers in terms of market promotion, and third, our current main energy is still in the domestic market." ”

"I've heard a little about this!" Hillar tapped his fingers on his knees, "The people in *** actually understand what's going on, but they just don't want to expose them, so that these security agencies can collectively show their cowardice, and the soft alliance is the first one!"

"Oh?" Liu Xiao raised his eyes to look at Hillar, "What do you mean by that?"

"If it is really as Mr. Liu said, the soft alliance only does the Chinese domestic market, then Mr. Liu probably won't be sitting here with me today!" Hillar laughed, "Mr. Liu is here, isn't he looking for a breakthrough to open up the Western market?"

"Hehe!" Liu Xiao also laughed, "It seems that everything can't be hidden from Mr. Hillar, that's right, I came this time just to try my luck!"

"Mr. Liu's ability to choose Estonia as your breakthrough to open the Western market shows your good intentions!" Hillar slowly stood up, "For a long time, the Estonian network has been' Security touchstone', any security product to here, will be judged, can stay, that is the best of the best, absolutely the world's highest security efficiency products, and can stay in this building, is also the elite of the security industry, in dealing with hacker attacks, no one has our experience. The United States is shouting every day about how many attacks its network will suffer every year, but Estonia, which is less than one-thousandth the size of the United States, suffers three to four times as many hacker attacks every year as the United States, but few people in the world are willing to listen to Estonia's voice. ”

Liu Xiao nodded, he also came here to have this feeling, people are used to looking up, people are familiar with the United States inside and out, but it is difficult to say where Estonia is on the earth.

"In this sense, as long as anyone can win the safety order of Estonia ZF, it is equivalent to winning the safety order of the whole of Europe and even the wider range!" Hillar looked back at Liu Xiao and smiled: "Mr. Liu's trip is for this, I'm not wrong!"

Liu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and still said the same sentence: "Everything can't be hidden from Mr. Hillar's eyes!", in fact, how can Liu Xiao know this, he only came here based on the judgment that Estonia is about to suffer the largest hacker attack in history, but these Liu Xiao didn't dare to tell Hillar these things, otherwise his plan would not be bright.

Hillar smiled, faintly proud, after all, it was also a very rewarding thing to guess the plans in other people's hearts, Hillar slowly paced to the window, opened the window, and looked at the square outside, and the noisy sound of the square suddenly came.

Liu Xiao saw that Hillar didn't speak, so he coughed twice and said, "Since Mr. Hillar also knows our intentions, I don't know what Hillar plans to do?"

"When Mr. Liu came, he must have seen the scene outside, right?" Hillar did not answer Liu Xiao's question, but pointed out the window.

Liu Xiao had no choice but to nod and say, "Yes!"

"As a cybersecurity officer, these people protest or not, in fact, it has nothing to do with me, but in Estonia, as long as there is a protest, it is often not the ZF officials who are most nervous, but those of us who do security!" Hillar sighed and closed the window again.

Liu Xiao was a little puzzled and said, "Why?"

"Because if the protest fails, a large-scale hacker attack will follow!" Hillar smiled helplessly, "and this is a major feature of Estonia!"

Liu Xiao didn't speak, because he also knew that many hacker attacks in the past were provoked by political or diplomatic disputes between countries, and this trend is becoming more and more obvious, and even gradually becoming a stereotype.

The era of pure cyber heroes belonging to Kevin Mitnick is gone, and now the network is no longer a stage for hackers to show their personal skills, and they launch attacks on some ZF web servers, not to prove their strength, nor to do security tests, let alone to show off, but to be swayed by some other things.

"Mr. Liu doesn't have to be suspicious!" he sat down back in front of the sofa, "I don't mean anything else, but I want to say that I am a ZF cybersecurity officer, I must do my best to do my part, I will not resist any security products, as long as your security products meet our standards, I will adopt them!"

"Then when do you think you will be able to complete the test?" Liu Xiao asked, and then explained, "I won't stay in Estonia for a long time!"

Hillar pondered for a moment and said, "That's it, tomorrow morning you bring the product over, we have to do a safety test on your product itself, if there is no safety hazard, I will arrange for your product to be placed on a sub-website of zf first!" Hillar smiled, "In Estonia, the actual effect is our test standard, attacks will happen all the time, if your product performs well in the attack, I will agree with the purchase department's intention to order." ”

"Our products won't disappoint you!" Liu Xiao calculated the time in his heart, if this is the case, it should be just in time for the hacker attack, so he stood up, "Then we won't bother Mr. Hillar, I'll bring the product over tomorrow morning!"

"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow!" Hillar raised his hand and sent Liu Xiao and the others out of the office.

Downstairs, Will said: "Hillar's test is just a routine test, and the safety equipment purchased by zf must be tested according to the usual practice, mainly to prevent the product from containing some backdoors or other safety hazards." Mr. Liu, don't worry, I have done all the work, as long as the test is passed, Estonian ZF will definitely purchase the products of the soft alliance!"

Liu Xiao smiled, thanking him on his lips, but he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, if he was just to sell a product, where would he have to work so hard to come to this small country.

The next day, Liu Xiao delivered the CD of the product to Hillar, who arranged for someone to do a safety inspection. Two days later, Liu Xiao received a phone call from Hillar informing him that there was nothing wrong with the program, and he asked Liu Xiao to rush to a designated location to be responsible for setting up a hardware firewall.

Will drove Liu Xiao to the designated place, Hillar was already waiting there, and when he saw Liu Xiao, he smiled slightly, "Mr. Liu, your product itself has no potential safety hazards, congratulations!"

"Thank you!" Liu Xiao said politely.

"But this is just the beginning, next, your products will face the test of real guns, if your products are brushed off, then today's news may be bad news for you!" Hillar grimaced.

"I've already said that our products won't disappoint you!" Liu Xiao smiled.

"That's good!" Hillar bowed slightly, "Let's go inside!"

Hillar led Liu Xiao through the sentry at the door, entered the building, and then introduced: "Your products were arranged by me to be placed on an internal publicity website of ZF to act as a hardware barrier for the website. This website is not big, and there is nothing confidential or anything like that, but it is one of the ZF public websites, so it is often attacked by some hackers. In two days, the ZF will announce the results of the disposal of the statues of the Soviet troops, I don't know the results, but I have to be prepared for any possible outcome, and I have reinforced all the ZF, parliament, and bank networks in Estonia now. The firewall of this promotional website is just a bit too old and needs to be replaced, just to check the safety performance of your product!"

Hillar walked up to a thick door, took out a magnetic card, and swiped it on the door, and the door slid open, and inside was a computer room, some large data communication equipment was neatly placed in their respective positions, and the data lights flashed non-stop, indicating that these machines were working.

"We have prepared the hardware environment for you!" Hillar pointed to the side, that is a separate computer, as long as the hardware firewall system of the soft alliance is installed in, this computer can be transformed into a hardware firewall, Hillar said, taking out the disc that Liu Xiao handed to him two days ago

"Okay!" Liu Xiao nodded, just like when he was working in Niu Pengen's company, he threw his leather bag in front of him, took the disc from Hillar's hand, and sat down in front of the computer to start working!

Hillar no longer does any checks, because Liu Xiao supervises all the installation work from time to time, and there will be no problems, he pushed the computer to the corner of the computer room along with the table, and then connected the computer to the communication equipment on the side, and saw that the data light on the device was successfully lit up, he patted the invisible dust on his hands, and said: "Okay, now your product has successfully replaced the previous firewall!"

"That's good!" Liu Xiao nodded, "How long will it take for you to give me a reply?"

"I don't think it will be too long!" Hillar frowned, "According to the recent situation, it will be as little as three days, and at most a month, and there will be results!" It seems that he is not very optimistic about the recent situation in Estonia.

Liu Xiao gritted his teeth, he couldn't stay here for a month, there were still a lot of things to do at home, but when he thought about it, Liu Xiao laughed again, he didn't come to sell products, so he didn't need to wait for any results, so he smiled: "Okay, then I'll wait for your reply!"

Two days later, the Estonian ZF will announce the results of the treatment.

Hillar and all his assistants were already at their posts, everyone was looking at the big screen in the center, and the ZF spokesman was announcing the results: "Most of the people think that it is no longer appropriate for the Soviet Liberation Monument to continue to stay in that place, and ZF will relocate it tomorrow!"

"Alas!" Hillar sighed, obviously disappointed with the result, because it meant that he had to clean up and wipe his ass again for ZF's decision!

Sure enough, two minutes later, the computer in front of everyone began to sound the alarm.

"Report!Massive data flood attacks on the networks of our zf, the parliament, the banks, and the major corporations at the same time!", Hillar's aide shouted about the situation.

"It's not an attack, it's a temptation!" Hillar stood up, "they're testing how much capacity our network really has in order to determine the next attack!"; As soon as Hillar's voice fell, all the alarms stopped abruptly, and the powerful data torrent just now disappeared without a trace in an instant, Hillar's judgment was not bad at all, this was a temptation!

"All obey me!" Hillar raised his right hand, "From now on, stick to your post 24 hours a day, and report to me every ten minutes on the status of network capacity." All the backup and rotation networks of ZF and the council website are open and ready to use at any time, and it is important to ensure that these websites are operating normally and keep the ZF information channels open!"

"Yes!" everyone shouted in unison, these scenes were not the first time they had encountered them, and everyone seemed very calm!

However, Hillar had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, it was the first time he had encountered such a large-capacity data flood test just now, and it seemed that this time, he was about to face an unprecedented challenge.