From the beginning of the battle on the Internet to the present, the two sides are only fighting for the rights of one 'broiler'.

Because neither Chen nor the Security Bureau found the real IP address of the other party, they could only follow the source of the other party's data flow for targeted tracking and attacks.

Whenever your own data flow finds a real and valid IP node, it is just to trace the other party's 'broiler' IP, if you want to track the real IP address, you must break through the opponent's 'broiler' defense system, seize the management authority of the "broiler", so as to find some clues in the other party's "broiler" system operation record.

Therefore, when every 'broiler' is discovered, it is the moment of technical competition between the two sides.

Just now, Chen Bufu lost seven 'broilers' one after another.

It's not that Chen Bujian couldn't stop Zhao Weiju's attacks, on the contrary, Chen Bujian took the initiative to leave traces, allowing the other party to follow those records that seemed to have been left carelessly.

Why did Chen see why he did this?

Because Chen is not seeing them, he is tracking them!

But......

There are too many people on the other side, and Chen Bufu has to disperse the other party's forces and make the other party tired, so that he can trace the other party's data source backwards and find the real IP address.

However, Chen can't sit back and watch the "broiler" keep losing.

"Hmph, that's it."

Chen Bu moved his stiff neck slightly, and his bones made a few crisp sounds.

Double-line operation, this is not difficult for Chen Buying, he used the pre-programmed hacking software to continue to attack the other party's leaked broiler, and at the same time began to track the other party's real address without moving.

Chen did not see that this tracking was very secretive, he did not use the written hacking software to attack the security vulnerability this time, but directly through the form of normal access, directly using the EB server of the "Dream Game Chinese Station Forum" as a springboard, to send normal network packet feedback data to the other party's information flow source.

It's just that Chen Bufu has added a little special command to these network packet data.

The technique used by Chen Bufu is not comparable to the network technology of 2009, and even if it is another ten years later, this technology is still a cutting-edge technology.

And the technology used by the Security Bureau is simply weak compared to it!

In Chen Bu's opinion, the attack on the other side was simply weak and pitiful.

For example, Zhao Weiju of the technical department of the Security Bureau, the DDOS attack he is now using, which is just a very common hacking method, adopts legal data request technology, coupled with the use of 'broiler' (puppet machine), with a huge amount of traffic to crush network equipment and servers, so as to achieve the purpose of breaking the system's defense.

This method is simple, crude and effective, which can destroy the defense system of the security system, enter the core program of the system, tamper with the data core and management permissions, and it can be said that this is a very dangerous attack method.

But these dangers are only for ordinary servers and 'broilers'.

Servers in large corporations, universities, research institutes, and some special institutions cannot be managed by a simple DDOS attack.

Once the computer in these organizations is breached by a DDOS attack, the early warning system set up in the computer will be triggered to alert the computer administrator.

At that time, if the personnel in front of the computer host cannot deal with the attack of hackers, they can physically disconnect the network, so as to reduce the risk of the computer being controlled by the other party, so as to protect the important information in the computer.

"Hmph, what a troublesome guy."

Chen didn't see that he had to track down the real address of the other party while defending against more and more DDOS attacks, which made him feel irritated.

Of course, Chen Bufu didn't know that the person who was inseparable from him on the Internet was Zhao Weiju, a top technician in the technical department of the Security Bureau.

Zhao Weiju's attack is very sharp, at least in 2009, he can definitely be regarded as a famous figure in China.

"We can't let the other side attack so unscrupulously anymore." Chen Bu glanced at the data statistics in the lower right corner, and thought: "Sixteen broilers have been robbed, and now the other party's DDOS traffic is getting bigger and bigger." ”

Chen Bufu still has more than 20 "broilers" in his hands, except for the computer that provides the function of virtual servers, the other "broilers" are just ordinary computers, and they can't resist such a huge DDOS traffic attack.

Once the computer's defenses are broken by the opponent, the opponent can grasp the core control of the broiler in a very short time.

Of course, this is not to say that Chen Bu's defense skills are not good, but Chen Bufu doesn't want to waste too much time on these "broilers", his purpose is to track down the real address of the other party, and he wants to know who created the forum of this dream game.

However, so far, Chen Bu's actions have not been smooth, he didn't expect that the other party actually has so many people who know hacking techniques.

"It's a little strange...... Chen didn't see the operation speed in his hand slowing down a little, and he was very puzzled in his heart, "Judging from the data flow captured so far, the people attacking and defending on the opposite side are in a group...... I had estimated a dozen, but I didn't expect at least twenty-four. ”

"A small game forum, as for so many people who know how to code?" Chen couldn't help frowning.

Twenty-four people were all involved in the cyber hacking war with Chen, which didn't seem like a coincidence.

If these twenty-four people are all netizens in the forum, they found out that the Dream Game Forum was hacked, so they acted bravely, hated the same enemy, and came together to stop Chen Ming's hacking behavior......

Are you bluffing?

How is this possible!

Take a look at their attacks and defenses.

The advance and retreat are orderly, the means are similar, the attack time and the selection of several vulnerable nodes are almost the same, and it is not like a straggler at all!

Looking at the other party's attack and defense methods, one thought after another germinated in Chen Bu's heart: "Maybe...... These people are connected to each other, so they made an appointment with the time and node of the attack......"

"They should be very familiar with each other, and the contact is very convenient, just like sitting in an Internet café for five consecutive times, and you can make tactical cooperation by yelling at the side casually, otherwise it can't be explained at all, why their behavior is so similar......

While thinking about it, Chen Bu quickly set up a "honeypot" program in several "broilers" that were being attacked, so as to delay time so that he could have more time to think.

The "honeypot" program is a very basic defense technology for Chen Bufu, and the original intention of designing the "honeypot" is to let the other party hack in, so as to collect the other party's data, and hide the real server address.

To put it simply, a "honeypot" program is a technique that tricks attackers into attacking them by placing hosts, network services, or false information as bait.

When Chen Bufu finished arranging several "honey pots", he stopped the work at hand at the same time, and instead cooperated with the attack program he designed, launched an attack on several "broilers" under the control of the other party, and carried out a "broiler" permission counter-grab.

This kind of anti-robbery attack is very simple for Chen Buying, he only needs to enter commands at key points to complete, because the hardware configuration of these "broilers" controlled by the other party is too low.

Therefore, Chen Bu has more time to think......

"Do you mean...... They were originally in the same group, and they were all administrators in the forum? ”

Well, this possibility is not ruled out!

A group of tech-savvy forum administrators found their forum inundated with spam posts and were subsequently attacked by hackers......

Chen didn't see that he felt as if he had caught something important, a point that he had overlooked.

Right...... That's it......

No, it's not ......

Think a little more, maybe it'......

Sometimes, the more people are in a hurry to think, the more they fall into the cycle of thinking, and they can't always get out of the inherent thinking mode.

However, Chen Bufu had already found that the situation he was encountering now was very suspicious.

"It's just an ordinary forum, how can there be so many managers who understand hacking techniques?"

That's right!

The management of the game forum!

Chen Xiang hurriedly switched the screen to the page of the "Dream Game Chinese Station Forum" website, he had a highest-privilege account named "Mr. C", through this account, Chen Xiang saw the list of forum administrators.

"A game forum, there are so many administrators?"

The first time Chen saw the list of management groups, he noticed that something was wrong.

There are as many as 32 forum moderator accounts in the entire forum, and there is also a forum creator account whose authority is second only to Chen Ming, a total of 33 accounts with forum management rights!

"There are only two regional sections in the entire forum, a sub-section for ordinary users to post, a sub-section for announcements, and a hidden internal discussion board for moderators, do you need to have so many moderators?"

If the "Dream Game Chinese Station Forum" is a high-end forum that has been developed for several years, has many regional plate classifications, sub-sections, and a large number of users, then these thirty-two forum moderators are not many at all.

But this forum has only been created for a few days?

Three days? Or five days?

Or...... Is it a week? Is there one?

"Thirty-two moderators......" Chen didn't see his eyes staring at the number, and his right hand unconsciously rested on his chin, which was his habitual action when thinking.

"Because the forum has just been created, it has been given to more than 30 forum moderators at random?"

No!

As soon as this idea came out, Chen Bufu vetoed it himself, he still remembers that the management system of this forum is very perfect, and the requirements for moderators can even be said to be harsh, and they will never give forum moderator permissions.

By the way, where can you see the management system of this forum?

As a result, Chen's eyes fell on the hidden subreddit again......

The council hall, this section is a place that only people who have the permission to group the forum moderators can enter, and Chen does not see that he hopes to find something unusual here.

There aren't many posts in the council chamber section, there are only a dozen posts in total, most of which are posts from the creator of the forum.

Chen Bufu opened all the dozen or so posts, and then quickly read them......

It's a pity that after Chen didn't see it, he didn't find anything abnormal, or unreasonable.

The rules and regulations of the entire forum are very perfect, and they can even be accurate to what mistakes each ordinary user makes, what kind of punishment should be made, and how many forum points and honor points should be deducted.

It can be seen that the people who created the forum are definitely people who have experience in forum management, and they have also designed these rules with care.

After reading it, Chen Bubu couldn't help but sigh: "It's really meticulous, even each recruited netizen moderator posted a separate personnel appointment post, making it like a company appointing a manager." ”

Wait!

Chen Bu's eyes lit up, "It turns out that the problem is here!" ”

"One, two, three, four, five, six......"

Chen Bufu counted all the posts appointing new moderators, and there were seven posts appointed by the new moderators, which means that seven moderators had just been promoted to the management team.

Chen Bubu checked their accounts, and they were all in the management group of "trainee moderators".

I checked their posting records again, and it was obviously much more than the other 25 editions, and there were replies in the moderator recruitment post in the announcement area.

"These moderators are all enthusiastic people recruited from forum netizens in recent days, they are real netizens, but what about the other twenty-five people?" A question arose in Chen Bufu's heart.

Twenty-five......

Twenty-four......

What two numbers that are so close to each other!

A group of people, a group of people who are connected to each other.

"They're definitely connected!"

Chen Bufu made a conclusion in his heart that the people he met were the moderators in the forum.

Those twenty-five accounts with almost no number of posts, honor points and contribution points are exactly the same, are the twenty-four hackers I encountered!

"No, it should be twenty-five hackers." Chen Bufu once again captured a data stream involved in the defense, "Now, the numbers are right, just right, no more, no less." ”

Chen didn't let out a chuckle unconsciously: "Ha......"

Then, Chen's smile froze there.

What do they want to do?

Are they players in their own dream game?

No, no, when I pull players by myself, although they are all people nearby, they are basically in the most ordinary residential buildings, all of them are sleeping residents, and I haven't pulled a collective dormitory with more than 20 people and high-end computers?

It's not easy!

So...... Why would they pretend to be players in their own dream game?

"Perhaps, they are trying to find the dream game in this way, and try to control the ...... with hacking"

A nameless fire burned in Chen's chest.

Chen didn't see that he seemed to have encountered a group of organized, purposeful, and even conspiracy gangs, who played a set of monkey boxing and played themselves as monkeys!

"Whoever you are, whatever your purpose is to create this gaming forum, anyone...... No one should try to disguise themselves in front of me and try to control my dream game, I am the one who controls my dreams! ”