Wisconsin State University, Madison is in turmoil.

All of these 100-year-old universities have experienced many of these panics – the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, but they have nothing to do with the campus.

The loss of control of supercomputers is what is really related to their vital interests.

Professors who are in the middle of critical experiments, researchers from other universities who have key data left in computers, and state security agencies that borrow computers, all come in droves.

The shores of Lake Michigan have never been so lively.

The headmaster was so disturbed by the noise that he had to go to the computer center in the morning, and ordered the security experts with red eyes: "Before tonight, the Kraken must be restored to normal operation." ”

Professor Huck, who was the leader, looked behind him with redder eyes and said, "The political axe does not allow us to restart the Kraken, and if we can't restart it, we can't regain control." ”

Clinkham, who appeared as a political axe expert, heard it and said in a muffled voice: "Restarting the Kraken may do what Poseidon wanted to do but failed to do, which is equivalent to completely lifting the Kraken's defenses, although we can regain control of it because of this, but who knows what hidden dangers will remain." ”

Klingham, who had just stepped off the plane, was in the dust, and he hid his anger at being deceived deep in his heart.

"Who do you say is Poseidon?" The headmaster frowned.

Klingham was distracted by his leaping thoughts, and said to Ai, "He controls the Kraken, and that's called Poseidon." ”

Naturally, it was Chen Yi who was burning the scroll.

For security experts, hackers are more like comrades than enemies. It's all an internal competition, and a nice nickname is a must.

"It's a good name, but it shouldn't be given to him." The headmaster gritted his teeth a little, then pondered his tone and said, "I order the Kraken to be reactivated, unless you can determine what the hidden danger is. ”

"I won't allow it." The federal official who arrived in a hurry spoke slowly, and said, "The ownership of the Kraken belongs to the American political axe, not the ...... of Wisconsin State University."

"As the President of Wisconsin State University......"

"Public universities do not prove that you have jurisdiction over political axe property." Federal officials said to Klingham flatly: "Find the hidden danger and then restart." ”

The headmaster snorted and said, "The Kraken is responsible for countless DoD projects, 17 at Madison alone, and if you refuse us to use the Kraken, then all projects will be terminated." And I'm sure other campuses will have the same choice. ”

The president of a public university, once in office, has a lot of power, especially those in prestigious universities, who regard reputation as the greatest asset. As long as they have reputation, they can become celebrities and cabinet ministers, and they have extraordinary pressure compared to officials in Vanity Fair.

He had to seriously consider the principal's suggestion, and turned his head to Klingham, saying, "What are the risks of restarting?" ”

Klingham froze, "The rebooting supercomputer will reload the modules it won't use in normal operation, these modules are out of Poseidon's reach, this is a very cunning opponent, if the virus he left in the computer still exists, something more serious than the loss of the password may happen." ”

"For example?"

"Backdoor. Keep a record of all the passwords we change. ”

Although what Klingham said was a serious problem, Professor Huck was not happy that his work was being guessed, and interjected: "You were the one who presided over the cleanup of the virus, you announced that the virus was cleaned up, and now you say it still exists?" ”

Clingham was speechless.

This stalemate lasted until the afternoon, and seeing that the busy gentlemen were fruitless, the political axe official finally backed down and said: "Double-check the Kraken again, restart, and restore control." ”

The loss of 24 hours of a supercomputer is so expensive that it is impossible to continue on suspicion.

Clinkham agreed very unhappily, and the so-called inspection was just a formality. The current "Kraken" is purely a stranded whale, and it is impossible to order it to return to the ocean if it wants to eat meat. He didn't even have an admin password, how many things could he check.

After 2 hours, the Kraken was completely disconnected from the network and dismembered to turn on the machine. More than 20 staff members began to test different parts.

At the same time, a team of 3 security experts began to use two large servers to crack the Kraken's code. Thanks to access to most of its hardware and software security measures, password cracking went smoothly.

After a while, Klingham came over and reported, "In about eight hours, we will be able to regain control of the Kraken." ”

The principal didn't like him, and said sarcastically, "Yes, how long did that hacker take?" ”

The implication is that the other party can gain control of the Kraken in a short time without help.

Even the federal officials had a weird smile on their faces and had to block it again.

Klingham grimaced, said "yes" and turned away.

Under the guidance of three security experts, the supercomputer turned on slowly, making all kinds of strange noises, like a constipated elephant.

Klingham's nervous sweat remained. He couldn't help but say to the person next to him: "I have a strong premonition, something will happen......"

His use was a pun, and the female doctoral student who had just entered the door immediately raised a wary look.

Klingham was stunned, then remembered something, and said to the void with a wry smile: "I'm so stupid. If Poseidon had succeeded, we wouldn't have known because it was a backdoor; If Poseidon had failed, we wouldn't have known, because there was no backdoor and it looked like I was going to lose. ”

The female PhD student had already placed her hand on the anti-wolf spray inside the bag.

Professor Huck looked at Klingham sympathetically, waved his hand, and announced that the host was turned on.

At the same time, a small program that could not be smaller slipped out of the corner silently, and was hidden in the core program along the restarted large amount of data stream.

It was a small thing that Chen Yi used his skills to copy the scroll, plus the combined force of the intelligence scroll, which did not have many functions, but it was very useful.

It quietly awaits the moment when it comes into play.

Just when the impossible event really happened, when the world was worried about network services, and when North America was focusing on Wisconsin, its initiator had to be forced by Xiaomei to visit the campus environment of Jiangning University. Of course, the main thing is to visit the computer club of Jiangning University and give her a town field.

After the events of the first two days, Xiao Yu and others talked about the "master" almost every day, and they couldn't wait to bow down in front of the Chen family. Therefore, with Chen Yi present, Chen Rongxi's position as vice president has the opportunity to hang up the title of executive director.

This is the third time Chen Yi has entered Jiangning University.

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