The black Lincoln Continental drove out of Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport, and at the same time as it started, a series of four black Cadillac sedans drove out one after the other, and four police motorcycles appeared from out of nowhere, instantly forming a huge procession and driving along the airport highway to downtown Washington. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Andrews Air Force Base is just nine miles to the east. ”

Inside Army One, President Reagan handed Alice a bottle of Coke: "The base is named in honor of one of the founders of the U.S. Air Force, Frank Maxwell Andrews. ”

At the age of seventy-five, Reagan still had short black hair and a rugged appearance reminiscent of Leonid Brezhnev in the Soviet Union, but the achievements of the two were far from the same.

"The current mission of this base is to provide rapid response capabilities to emergencies and contingencies that seriously endanger national security, and to support the Air and Space Expeditionary Force. Its air force is the first echelon to defend the White House, and Air Force One and Air Force Two are parked at the base. ”

As he spoke, he took a sip of his own sparkling champagne and used a standard champagne glass: "At the same time, if a foreign head of state has an official visit to Washington, D.C., their special plane usually lands there. ”

Seeing that Alice had been listening to himself intently, and when the convoy had not gone far before it began to slow down, he smiled, "Do you know why I am telling you this?"

Alice took a sip of Coke: "Strong external military strength is the guarantee for the United States to establish global hegemony, but when the enemy comes from the invisible world, even Andrews, who is next to the White House, may not be able to protect the country's security." ”

"That's right, that's what it means!"

As they spoke, the convoy stopped after only a short distance, as their destination, the Pentagon, was indeed only about a mile away from the airport.

"Come on, Alice. ”

When the Secret Service opened the door, Reagan made a gesture of invitation to her: "Let's get out of the car and talk!"

For the average person on the outside, the Pentagon is a very mysterious place, especially for those who are used to watching Hollywood blockbusters, this five-pointed building is simply the command center of the world. If some movies add science fiction plots and near-future elements, then its command center is simply like a futuristic world, full of lofty feelings.

But actually, that's what happened.

After all, this is an old house built back in 1943.

Alice follows President Xiansen all the way, busy corridors covered with silenced carpets and filled with staff members who are constantly moving. It's okay for the men.,Alice focused on the uniformed OL.,Although this is not the White House.,But female interns or something.,It's always been worth gossiping.。

Then, they came to a conference room.

"Let me tell you. ”

Reagan strode in, facing the more than ten people who were already sitting at the table, and stretched out his hand to Alice, "Alice Wang, the boss of Cisco Systems, and a shareholder of Microsoft. ”

Patting the girl on the shoulder, he smiled: "And then these guys, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberg, FBI Director William Webster, CIA Director William Casey, and NSA Director, Dominic Flair." ”

The four men sitting in the front row nodded to Alice in turn, although Reagan did not introduce the next few people in turn, but Alice could clearly see that they were all high-ranking figures within the Pentagon.

"Hello everyone. ”

Facing these high-level figures who would be scared to death when they said it, Alice nodded vigorously: "It's an honor to meet you, where is my seat?"

"Today, you are the chief, and we are all listeners. ”

Reagan looked at the girl with a smile and patted the head of the oval table, "I'll just find a seat next to you." ”

When Alice sat down, almost impatiently, Defense Secretary Weinberg spoke: "Alice, don't talk nonsense, is this kind of intrusion of IBM as long as there are programmers who have passed the technical test?"

Alice sighed softly.

At this moment, she felt a burst of emotion no matter what.

Because of his existence, the world has really been accelerated a lot.

If you look at Cisco's history, as of March 1986, it should have just launched the world's first router. But now, with the quality of the products of the 90s, the company has easily occupied a large blank market on the West Coast, and it is still gradually blooming all over the East Coast, and this is only two years.

Historically, Cisco went public in 1990 with an annual profit of around $69 million. And now, Alice, who has just read last year's annual report, knows that its income for the entire 85 years has reached 28 million.

One is 69 million for four years and the other is 28 million for two years. One was listed in 1990, and the other was established for only two years as of May 1986.

And now, it's only been two years since she really started her career, and she can already sit here and talk about things with these people.

Although, there is something greasy in this......

"When I hear Mr. Weinberg's question, it's a layman's feeling. ”

Listening to the Minister of Defense's question, Alice put her elbows on the table: "Remote computer intrusion through the network is, of course, a programmer with technical skills to operate." And if there is no programmer of the same level in front of the other party's computer, or there is no software in the computer to defend against network intrusion, the invasion will definitely be effortless. ”

Such words easily made everyone's faces change.

Weinberg took a deep breath: "In other words, all computers in the world are in a state where they can be invaded by program masters at any time!?"

This is undoubtedly an extremely scary problem, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is only a matter of time before the global Internet becomes more productive, after all, the productivity it brings is amazing. At the same time, it has been a few years since the introduction of personal computers, and the popularity of enterprise computers will rise in a straight line, and you can imagine how much confidential business information is stored in them.

Therefore, if a skilled programmer can easily hack into any networked computer, that kind of potential crisis is especially reminiscent of the Soviet Union, although the sun is setting, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse......

But before Weinberg's voice fell, CIA Director William Casey, who was sitting not far away, spoke: "Secretary Weinberg's view can be understood in theory, but now, most skilled programmers are technical freaks and generally do not make network intrusions. Alice, do you think I'm analytical?"

Alice nodded vigorously: "Although computers have existed for a long time, the great development of the Internet has only just appeared in recent years, and many skilled people really haven't realized that they can do this." Even if there is an individual act of intrusion, it is often just the personal behavior of a mischievous geek......"

"But sooner or later, right?"

William Casey stepped up the tone: "It's like this IBM behavior. ”

"That's right, I didn't expect it to happen so soon......"

Alice lowered her head, and at the same time her voice became weaker, as if a kind girl had witnessed an ugly reality, so that her pure and immaculate heart was greatly hurt.

Therefore, the combination of bowing her head and her voice was a smile that no one saw the corners of her mouth quietly hooked.

"It's all right, Alice, isn't that the main purpose of sitting here now?"

The man who spoke, Dominique Flair, a man who was not good-looking, was the head of the NSA, the one who made Alice look up immediately.

U.S. National Security Agency, or NSA for short.

It is the largest intelligence department in the U.S. government, even more than the CIA, which is responsible for collecting and analyzing foreign and domestic communications, and is subordinate to the U.S. Department of Defense, also known as the State Secret Service, which was established in 1952 as an independent of the military department at that time by a secret order of President Harry Truman.

If so, the CIA's main task is to openly and covertly collect and analyze political, cultural, scientific and technological intelligence on foreign governments, companies and individuals, and to coordinate the activities of other domestic intelligence agencies. The NSA, the organization that has more money than the CIA, occupies a larger office building than the CIA, and employs the world's largest number of PhDs in mathematics and computer science, is responsible for monitoring secret communications including radio broadcasts, communications, the Internet, and especially military and diplomatic.

Sound familiar?

That's right, the initiator of the Prism Gate initiative that Cisco will be involved in.

But that was in 2007, and at this time, Cisco was forced to launch the Chinese market, so that Huawei rose, and it has not yet entered.

"Ahem. ”

So, since the director of the NSA who caused Cisco to lose the Chinese market spoke, Alice is really in no mood to pretend to be pitiful.

"Well, I know what you're up to, I've been thinking about it for the past few days. ”

She straightened her collar and blurted out directly: "Just put a wall in front of each computer, won't it?" )