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Chapter 408: Chapter 331: Safety Field (Please Subscribe!)_1
Half past nine in the evening.
National Information Warfare Research Center.
Director Du Jun was in his office, propping his head with his left hand and lightly tapping the table with his right, his face full of worry.
Tang Qing may not realize the influence his ’people searching’ website has, but Du Jun is acutely aware of it.
Every hacker, white hat, or large internet company in the country, all those with some knowledge of internet technology, have deified this website because no one has been able to take down this site so far.
They are naturally among them.
Every method exhausted.
Absolutely worthless.
The website seemed flawless, but as an expert in this field, Du Jun naturally didn’t believe in flawless programs or websites. It’s just that the flaws haven’t been discovered yet. However, after so long, the arrogant prodigies of the research center were all slapped.
It really... hurts.
These days everyone has been working overtime like mad. One subordinate even got bit by a dog because he was so obsessed with this issue. He had to take a few days of sick leave. What the hell was this?
And this was just the other party’s defense technology.
Although they found no trace of an intrusion, they’re not fools. After expert group analysis, they were certain that those behind this website must have shared surveillance networks on a large scale. The face recognition technology surely couldn’t be performed by manpower alone.
As for real-time surveillance, they hadn’t considered it. This huge amount of traffic would definitely be recorded by the operator. The transmission speed of each communication device port is certain. The data collected nationwide during this period showed there were no large-scale surveillance lags other than technical failures.
Now Du Jun felt a bit choked up.
More and more missing children were being found.
Things were getting out of hand, and they could no longer suppress the influence. They had initially planned to start with several bank accounts, but the other party had no chance to transfer money or withdraw cash. As for the owners of the bank cards, haha, don’t even mention it. There were only tears left to tell the story.
Thus,
This website inevitably caught the big shots’ attention.
So the task of thorough investigation came down. He rarely smiled bitterly and complained to his superiors, but it was useless. He represented the highest technical power in the country. If he didn’t take on this task, who would?
Drinking strong tea,
Helped Du Jun’s mood for a moment.
Just then,
A subordinate suddenly rushed in and shouted.
"Director, they have replied."
"You mean that website?" Du Jun wasn’t foolish. He immediately connected the events and stood up instantly.
"Yes, they sent a message for you to go over, they want to talk to you." The subordinate affirmed, nodding vigorously. If these people aren’t a group, he was ready to eat the flowerpot at the entrance of the research center.
A single person, what a joke.
Upon hearing this, Du Jun almost burst into tears of joy.
Finally, they were willing to deal with them. If they didn’t reply, he would’ve had to go complain to his superiors and write another guarantee letter.
Du Jun immediately rushed to the information hall of the research center.
The hall was more than three hundred square meters, filled with computers.
Thirty or so working members were already in a chatter, dropping their work and crowding around a computer.
A user interface for the ’people searching’ website was displayed, but unlike usual. This time it could facilitate a dialogue. In the past, you could only upload data.
"What are you guys doing? Go back to your posts. Do you not know the regulations?" Du Jun yelled loudly. The upcoming dialogue can’t possibly be made known to these technicians.
All the experts retreated.
It’s not their fault.
Their equipment and brains have been tormented a thousand times by this website. Their curiosity is ready to skyrocket. However, no matter how curious, they dare not challenge the rules here. The country has its laws, and families have their rules.
After getting rid of the subordinates, along with Du Jun, an on-duty deputy director also arrived.
For such a conversation, he, as a director, had no right to contact the other party alone.
Sweating from his palms, seeing the words in the dialogue box made him worry: "Please have your leader talk to us."
Du Jun hastily typed: "Hello, we are representatives of the country, and we want to discuss something with the person in charge on your side."
Ten seconds later.
"I am the person in charge. Go ahead, but don’t mention anything about the overall situation, legality, patriotism, or rehabilitation. It’s a waste of everyone’s time. My time is extremely precious. If you speak nonsense, I will get angry. Next time, I might not have time to deal with you guys for ages."
The tone was very direct.
Short and to the point.
No small talk, get to the point or else I don’t have time for you.
Du Jun took a deep breath and held back his hands which were ready to persuade and move the other party with reason and sentiment. Clearly, the other side had no intention of capitulation.
It makes sense when you think about it.
With such powerful technology, to capitulate and earn a few thousand RMB a month? Who would be so stupid?
"Can we cooperate?" Du Jun typed.
"Yes, for a fee."
The first two words brought immense joy to Du Jun but the last two left him speechless. He was accustomed to inspiring others with lofty ideals and getting various types of help for almost nothing. The mention of a fee seemed strange to him.
"We are very interested in your internet technology," said Du Jun.
"Yes, the source code for this website is priced at 100 million RMB."
The price scared Du Jun half to death. Their research center’s annual funding was only so much. It would be a miracle if they could afford it.
"That is too expensive. Unless all the technical staff also join us, and at most five million RMB," said Du Jun. Although he was aware that the other party didn’t seem interested in giving up the source code of the website, he still had to make the offer.
"This is why this deal cannot be made. We’ve never thought about making money from this. I hope our cooperation is based on equality. We are partners, not subordinates."
"What do you mean?" Du Jun asked.
"Stop thinking about our technology. I’m telling you, even if we give you the source code of the website it would not be of any use. However, we can undertake tasks like LAN security solutions, website security hosting, and intrusion."
The source code of this website is actually not so special. At most some vulnerabilities have been patched up, but it can’t really be described as an absolute defense. The truly impressive thing is not this website, but "Little Two". As the core server of the website, the system it runs is completely different. Protocols of the external internet communication are halted at the interface between the communication server and "Little Two". Moreover, the communication server doesn’t carry out processing tasks, it only handles forwarding tasks.
Trying to intrude into a system that doesn’t use the same internet protocol and has an unfathomable semi-intelligent supercomputer for sorting and defense is beyond dreaming - there are no other words for it.
This is the essence.
"Intrusion? What do you mean?" Du Jun knew what the first two meant, one is self-preservation, the second doesn’t really have much to do with them as they don’t deal with commercial matters. They mainly maintain government websites. As for the scope of intrusion, that’s quite broad.
"Hehe, you guys are really interested only in this. Intrusion is very simple. We help you capture what you want but can’t capture, or what you cannot capture silently. We will charge a certain fee based on difficulty and importance."
"You want to be mercenaries on the internet?" Du Jun frowned.
"No, no, no. We have our own boundaries. Isn’t it because we’re countrymen? I only provide these services for you. You should count yourselves lucky. Don’t think it will be too easy. Actually, you will be able to make this money back."
"How can we make it?" Du Jun was confused.
"It is the first two projects. The internet in our country is in its early stages and is full of holes. The security situation is dire, which makes things difficult even for us. So, isn’t it great for you, as an authoritative body, to provide security support for the LANs and websites of government and public institutions across the country? And through you, internet giants will also be working with you. How much money you can make is up to you, we only provide technical support. As for the market, that is your business."
"The ’intrusion’ you talked about, does it represent that the information on this website came from intrusion?" Du Jun suddenly changed the topic. Making money? That’s not the primary interest for them.
"You already know the answer, don’t you? Alright, I’ve put my conditions on the table. You definitely need to have a meeting right? To report, discuss, finalize. This can’t be decided in just a day or two. So, let’s talk in detail at the same time the day after tomorrow. You don’t have the authority to decide anything."
Has that been admitted then?
Du Jun had doubts but didn’t have any essential information he needed to know.
"Alright, we will contact you at the same time the day after tomorrow."
"Goodbye."
The conversation ended.
Tang Qing was very satisfied.
Successfully pulling off the ’Great Sorrow’ act once again, even though it was a little cliché. Playing tricks on the ’young ones’ seemed to be losing its appeal.
With his first two services, he could, through technical strength, almost monopolize the internet security field of government and public institutions. How much money he could make was of no interest to Tang Qing. That was something for Du Jun and his superiors to consider or balance. Tang Qing was only responsible for charging for tasks, the purpose of the first two services was just to let Du Jun know that they were not purely destructive. After all, that’s not a very good reputation.
As for the field of civilian network security, forget about it.
He would have to leave some way out for domestic companies.
Since the fee for tasks he sets in the future will be very high, and there will be many restrictions, he won’t force good security companies like Jinshan to their deaths. As for foreign ones, should he have a fighter establish such a company?
Have a fighter, or several, with Western faces, establish a large company dominating the internet security field in Western countries? To avoid being broken up by antitrust laws, he could start several, right?
Hmm.
Interesting.
It’s worth considering.
Let them shudder.
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