Turing Forbidden Zone

The hackathon starts at midnight New York time, which is 12 noon Beijing time.

The official website displayed the entrance of the first level on time, and it was a simple and clear IP address.

Thousands of hackers who have been waiting here, like athletes who gave an order, rushed to the first pass with their own tokens.

The ip entry of the first level points to a server that has been in service for more than five years, and a forum website with a discuz framework is set up on it.

However, accessing this web page requires the Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 browser and operating system designated by the competition, which basically eliminates the participation of plug-in level hardware devices.

The first level does not require contestants to hack into the server, but only needs to be able to see an encrypted post in the forum to pass the level.

The difficulty of the first level is evaluated as "simple", and its main function is to screen out those children who come to watch the excitement.

After all, in such a hacking competition that is open to the world, there will always be some people who come to watch the fun and eat melons, occupying the server bandwidth for no reason.

Killing them at the first hurdle is a routine hackathon tactic.

12:03pm.

The real-time page of the official website of the Hackathon was updated. On the blank "leaderboard" at the beginning, the first name appeared: [Kirito], points: 1200.

A well-known hacker in East Asia, his appearance is not surprising.

Immediately behind him, the first echelon of customs clearance players soon emerged. The clearance time was almost the same, and they all got 1000 points——

Until an hour later, more than 800 names appeared on the clearance list of the first level; those who exceeded an hour only had 600 points and were listed on the list on the next page.

"Signale showed up too?"

Yu Jingshu asked.

His team members quickly tapped on the keyboard, and replied: "His name is there! At... the 131st place, the clearance time is 3 minutes and 49 seconds."

Yu Jingshu nodded, casually flipped through the list of the first level.

The list included names he knew, like Signale, like Epiphany's Fennel, and other hackers in his area of ​​responsibility, as well as pawns he'd never heard of.

The difficulty of the first level is very small for experts, and the ranking basically means nothing, it can only be said that it is good or bad luck-if you are lucky, you can even guess the administrator password when you come up, which is not impossible.

However, the appearance of Signale can basically eliminate the suspicion of some people.

Yu Jingshu paced over and glanced at the content on the other screen: the signal representing Shi Ye still stayed at Chu Yingzong's home, and occasionally shifted due to poor signal.

It's too routine, there is no suspicion, it should be playing games together.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yu Jingshu's mouth unconsciously.

"Boss, do you want some coffee?" A team member walked over and asked, "It's another tough battle. This hackathon will last for half a month, and the grand finale of the masters competition alone lasts five full days..."

"Yeah." Yu Jingshu took the cup and put it back with a smile, "You can't relax. What's the content of the second level?"

Just behind the long table opposite, experts from the Security Bureau were competing anonymously, trying to keep their information synchronized.

They saw that the second level of the hackathon was a small LAN.Participants need to obtain the authority of the network administrator to be able to access the third gate stored in the gateway.

The difficulty rises sharply, and from this level, it is necessary to screen a large number of real master hackers.

Yu Jingshu looked at their specially-appointed expert consultant and gave him a questioning look.

The latter made an "ok" gesture, indicating that he had no problem.

The sound of typing on the keyboard was as fast as a rainstorm at first, and the occasional pause symbolized the short thinking of the user, and soon continued to enter the battlefield.

When it was close to 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the sound gradually became dull. They broke through the second level and got the entrance to the third level.

At this time, Yu Jingshu was looking at the big list on the official website.

【Points Ranking】

1. Kirito2400

2. Blady2200

……

19. Signalle2000

……

Judging from the scores, several well-known hackers have already been on the list, which shows that they cracked the second level quite quickly, which is almost equivalent to just getting the topic, and already has a draft in mind, and they can get full marks and hand in the paper in advance.

——referred to as "Study God".

And Signale's performance was also quite satisfactory, and shortly after Kirito, he also entered the third level.

The machines are running, and the security team is methodically watching the hackathon.

Yu Jingshu frowned, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

He looked at Signale's name and points, and said thoughtfully: "Signale just solved the ransomware virus last month, and I heard that he also visited the Ministry of Defense of the White Eagle Country by the way. Is it a little bit to be ranked 19th?" slow?"

"Maybe it's bad luck." The team member replied casually, "The first two levels are quite easy."

Before Yu Jingshu could speak, his advisor raised his hand and said, "I need to borrow computing resources for the third level."

The third level is to break through a set of internal servers, using a security system with multiple cross-certifications, including fingerprints and voice passwords.

Therefore, the difficulty comes to a larger level, and advisors require computational resources.

Yu Jingshu nodded and said, "Let's withdraw from the GPS first."

The team members responded with a smile.

Before the GPS activity map was completely closed, Yu Jingshu took a look: Shi Ye was still at Chu Yingzong's house.

Yu Jingshu thought to himself mockingly: What are you paranoid about again?The family has two children who are in college...

"The suspicion of Shi Ye can be excluded from the list." He said casually.

Time soon came to the hottest time in the afternoon.

At this time, the data displayed on the official website of the Hackathon shows that:

0.6% of the contestants have entered the fourth level and are continuing to attack;

5% of the contestants are on the third stage;

41 contestants are in the second round;

About half of the remaining contestants stopped at the first level, and it can be said that they have given up their qualifications.

The head effect in the hacker world is very obvious, and the leaderboard has already changed its appearance.

【Points Ranking】

1. Blady6300

2. Kirito6150

……

67. Signalle3800

……

It can be seen that Blady, the pioneer of the Epiphany organization, is fiercely competing with Kirito for the No.1 throne, and maybe it will change hands again in the next level.

Signale, on the other hand, played in the back row in a leisurely manner, which didn't seem to match the strength he had shown before, making it unpredictable.

One interesting thing about this hackathon is that the forum in the first level can be used to chat with the crowd.

By this time in the afternoon, many people who came to see the excitement had basically given up on the game and started to flood the forum directly.

Some tired contestants will also share some information here.

[(New) The important clues of the second level are announced, if you are interested, join the group to discuss]

[Is there anyone who doesn't know Epiphany?Popular science about the hijacking of GG's advertising channel last time.By the way, let me introduce the big guy Fennel]

[S Shen Chong Duck, we will never admit defeat in the flower field! ! 】

[(Summary) Information about Signale and the gas station]

Obviously, because among the top rankings, only Signale is basically confirmed to be from Huaguo, and Huaguo people have always been relatively lively in this kind of activities, so many posts directly discuss him.

At this time, some people were still in the position of popular science god S in the Huatian Forum, some expressed their distrust of him, some cheered for him, and naturally some didn't take it seriously, laughing at his current decline in ranking.

In world competitions, the most famous Chinese hackers are often not the technology, but the "crowd tactics".

The schedule of the hackathon is determined, and only technology can determine the final winner.

15:30 p.m. sharp.

The air conditioner in Chu Yingzong's house was turned on, and there was a breezy breeze, and there were messy fruit plates and drink bottles on the table.

Chu Yingzong was still immersed in the fierce gunfight game: "Hey, do you want this uzi? Give me a level three head."

Suddenly, the alarm clock rang.

He put down the handle and glanced at it, then stood up.

"?" Chu Yingzong slumped on the sofa, looked up at him suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Shiye looked at the message on the phone.

【Alarm clock: There are still 30 minutes until 16:00, your scheduled time. 】

[Lyrebird: Hackathon Progress: Level 3, Total Elapsed Time: 30 hours and 91 minutes, Performance Occupancy: 36%.Automatically used scripts: s76, s103.Vulnerability collections have been automatically used: No. 146 "Nine-tailed Fox", No. 416 "Hydraulus", No. [-] "Ball Lightning". 】

Lyrebird's performance has been pushed to the limit.

As a Signale, is it really too much effort...

"It's nothing."

Shi Ye answered Chu Yingzong lightly: "It's time to go to the psychological counseling room."

"Ah..." Chu Ying stayed for a while, then said a little disappointed, "Why does time pass so fast? Is it almost four o'clock, then I will take you to the station."

"Yeah." Shi Ye had already walked towards the door and changed his shoes back.

After he heard it, Chu Yingzong asked awkwardly: "Hey, I haven't cleared the game yet, so it's a waste of your save file to me! So...you can come here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to clear the level." Right. Anyway, I've been free for the past two days..."

Shi Ye said, "No, I'm very busy this week."

He has never been tactful, Chu Yingzong has gotten used to it, and doesn't feel angry, but it is inevitable that he is still very disappointed.

After a while, Chu Ying sent the man downstairs, then said with drooping head, "Then are you going to stop looking for me for the next week?"

Shi Ye looked back at him, seemed a little surprised, and asked him, "Aren't you following me?"

"...and...go back to school with you, right?"

Chu Yingzong suddenly raised her head, as if she was pleasantly surprised when she found out that she had won a prize, her smile glistening in the sun: "Hahaha, since the elementary school students have asked for this, then the senior will reluctantly take care of you for a while longer! Cough, Don’t get me wrong, it’s all for missions.”