John came interested: "Tell me what you think." ”

"Yes," said the staff member named Carter, after gathering his thoughts, "we know what the purpose of the firewall is. In order to prevent viruses and Trojans, protect the user's network security, and protect the user's data from theft. Right? So, if the purpose of this firewall is to steal user data, then sorry, no matter how good it is, we can't ask for it. Because this already defeats the original purpose of firewall software. ”

"That's right, go ahead, for the third case!"

"The third situation is that the other party just wants to use this software to get broilers, high-quality broilers! In the experiment just now, you have seen the advantages of this firewall. A great feature is stability! We know that when a firewall is attacked, it will take up a lot of system resources and cause crashes. But this firewall doesn't!

"All of you here are professionals, and you should understand the significance of the data just now. This firewall takes up as much resources as an XP system! But whether it's normal or working, the resources it uses haven't grown much! As you can see just now, when this firewall is attacked by floods, the CPU occupancy rate is still so high. That shows that it is very stable, and the stability is beyond imagination. But because it's so stable, the average low-end computer won't run at all! But why don't we think about it that way? Maybe this was deliberately set up by the mysterious hacker? ”

"What's in it for him to set it up like this?" Someone asked, "He would lose most of his user base with such a setup!" ”

"But he doesn't need those junk computers!" Carter glared unceremoniously at the guy who retorted and said, "You should all know that one high-end computer, an efficient network, is worth ten or more low-end computers -- and I mean in terms of attacks." Moreover, the control of broilers is also very troublesome! If you have 100,000 junk computers in your hands, the effect may not be as good as 5,000 high-end computers, and I think everyone here understands this very well! ”

Everyone nodded consciously when they heard this, after all, everyone here is an expert, and they naturally know that the higher the quality of the broiler, the better. Otherwise, if there is only quantity and no quality, how to control so many broilers is also troublesome. And just giving instructions is maddening! 100,000 computers! That's a nuisance!

So now hackers' requirements for broilers are that the higher the surname, the better, and the fewer the number, the better!

Less is better!

John glanced at Carter, "You go on." ”

Carter nodded smugly, and continued, "Then I'm assuming he's just going to get a high-end computer as his own broiler, which is very likely." If that's the case, on the premise that he doesn't steal user data, the role of these computers installed with the Glacier Firewall is to pay a part of the resources and bandwidth, and then get a greater security surname! ”

"If we were to be honest with our user base, then I think there would be a group of users who would be okay with it! Of course, we may have to make a slight concession on the price......"

"How to give in?"

Carl shook his head at this question, he was a computer scientist, not an economist, and he could think of it, but there was no proper way to deal with it.

"Boss, I mean, should you get in touch with that mysterious hacker? Confirm our thoughts? ”

"No need!" John said categorically: "Carter, you are very right in your analysis, he told me about this. He said that the computers with the firewall installed will not have user data stolen, but will only take up some bandwidth. There will be no problem with system resources - because as long as a computer installs this firewall, then it is equivalent to automatically acquiescing, separating a piece of system resources to the firewall, and then when the mysterious person uses the broiler, the system resource occupation of the broiler will not exceed the limit of the firewall! In other words, in fact, we see that the utilization rate of the firewall is completely fake! It didn't use all of its resources at all, it just carved it in as if it were a territory! All you pay is a little bandwidth, and the firewall doesn't spy on any of your private information! ”

Listening to John's words, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Is there still such a practice?

It's no wonder that when the firewall is attacked, the resources occupied by the system are only a little higher than usual, which does mean that in the normal operation of the firewall, it "claims" that the resources occupied by it are not used up at all, or even only a little bit!

In other words, it claims to occupy 128MB of the system's memory resources, but in fact it can only use tens of MB or even a few MB! The extra resources are not used, only used as broilers!

This method of resource appropriation has never been used by anyone, and no one has ever thought about using it!

Because any antivirus software faces the same problem - that is, the system resources occupied too much during the antivirus process cause low-end users to complain, so in China, Kaspersky has a special meaning, that is, card bar, card bar, and then it crashes...... For many firewalls and antivirus software, 128MB is definitely enough in normal times, but once it is running...... It's not enough.

But if that's the case, it means that this glacier firewall is just causing trouble in its own zone, and it won't infringe on the user's data. At best, this is to make users pay some bandwidth and resources in exchange for their network security - which is not necessarily unacceptable for some users, but it is not so acceptable.

If it's really acceptable, Chen Xu might as well put this firewall on the network and let others download it, and those who wish to take the bait!

But then there's another problem.

So how can you get users to pay for it?

In fact, users pay for your antivirus software, which is a kind of transaction.

I give you money, you keep my computer safe - that's a fair deal.

However, when users have already spent their bandwidth and system resources, and then let them pay for it, I am afraid that few people will be willing to pay for it. But if they don't charge for it, then what do they earn?

Then this firewall is even more meaningless!

On this issue, it is up to the think tank to come up with the idea.

A complete think tank needs talents from all aspects, and naturally talents in sales are indispensable.

At this time, all eyes were focused on a black man of twenty-five or sixteen.

The black man's name was Fabiano, and although he had recently jumped to Liam, his qualifications were such that no one dared to underestimate him. Because his resume is amazing, he's worked as a salesman, from toothbrushes to computers and even servers, he's sold insurance, he's worked as a conductor, and he's also worked in MLM...... Fabiano should be the one who understands the psychology of customers the most and is the best at selling things in the think tank.

And at this time, he said his opinion: "We will give this firewall away for free. ”

"Are you crazy?"

"Oh my God?! The company is not making money anymore?! ”

"You got kicked in the head by a donkey?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the conference room. Fabiano was very calm, and after John shouted a few words of "quiet", he said unhurriedly: "It's not that the so-called 'free' things can't make money." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately fell silent.

Everyone is a master in the IT field, so they naturally know what the so-called "free" on the Internet actually is. Of course, a lot of free is really free, not like some online games in China, which claim to be free - free of game time, but add paid props, or props that charge RMB. This immediately upsets the balance of the game!

But like many portals, which update news in a timely manner every day and provide mailboxes to users, they have almost no fee-based services, but how can such a big website make money?!

Traffic, Advertising!

The profits in this area are terrible!

Many websites survive entirely on advertising fees, and the more they live, the more nourishing they are, and the more they live, the more profitable they become!

Because the traffic is high and there are more users, there will inevitably be merchants who will come to you to advertise, and advertising will cost money at this time! The higher the traffic, the higher the asking price for the ad!

"You mean...... Binding ads on your firewall? ”

"Yes, but it's just one way." Fabiano said very steadily: "You know, the current firewall and anti-virus software basically cost money. And if we also charge, it is difficult to open the market, and because of the limitations of this firewall, we can't target those low-end customers, and moreover, we want to make money, and we don't make money from low-end customers! ”

As soon as he said this, many people reacted immediately.

That's right, but what does a cybersecurity company do? It's not that it's OK to install an antivirus software for you to help you kill and kill viruses. In that case, anyone who has been playing with the computer for a few days will be able to do it! What else do you want to do with such a company?!

For Liam, their own firewall can't make much money every year, and the important thing is after-sales service!

That's the big deal!

Moreover, it is difficult to seize the market immediately with a paid antivirus software firewall, because many well-known brands are there, and no one is willing to spend money to install a new firewall!

Then it's free!

Free installation, paid service! And at the same time, you can earn traffic and advertising fees!

In comparison, the usage fee of that software is really negligible!

Fabiano continued: "What we have to do now is to take advantage of our current customer base and at the same time continue to expand our customer base, using the means that I think are most appropriate ...... Sell insurance! ”

(To be continued)