Hammer of Technology

Leaving aside the low-risk vulnerabilities, the impact is not very big, but these more than 30 medium- and high-risk vulnerabilities really scared everyone into a cold sweat.

In fact, any software has loopholes, but getting so many loopholes at once is an experience that no one has ever experienced. This time, Ning Wei did not specifically demonstrate how to exploit these loopholes, only a brief description given in March.

After being frightened, the technicians quickly started testing and confirmed that more than 30 medium and high-risk vulnerabilities did exist.In this way, the vulnerability list and test results provided by Ningwei were quickly placed on Alberta Lynn's desk.

After reading it, the person in charge of the Apache Foundation was also in a cold sweat, and then let out a sigh of relief.How should I put it, Alberta Lynn thought that Ning Wei's ability to give three or five high-risk vulnerabilities was already the limit he could bear, and the donation of 1000 million was actually more about making a good relationship edge.

Vulnerabilities cannot be eliminated for extremely widely used software.

Maybe because of an update that blocked the loopholes, new loopholes may appear again.

Spending more money so that Ning Wei can follow the agreed rules in the future is considered a profit for them.

Who would have thought that Ning Wei had actually mastered so many loopholes?Thinking of Ning Wei saying on Weibo that he doesn't mind keeping Java programmers busy for a whole year, it doesn't seem like bragging...

So in theory, the $1000 million donation is really worth it.Thinking of this, Alberta Lynn didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately started calling to direct a department to start moving according to the verbal agreement with Ning Wei just now.

This money must be donated, and goodwill must be brushed.

If so many vulnerabilities are exposed to the outside world at the same time, combined with the impact of log4j2 just now, it will cause countless people to crash directly, and even question the overall security of Java. Once this stereotype is established, it will be the biggest blow .

Although in a short period of time, you may still have to bite the bullet and continue to use the Java environment, because many projects have their continuity, but the future is hard to say.If it loses the favor of a large number of customers, Java is not irreplaceable, or no computer language in this era is irreplaceable.

However, after Alberta Lynn was done with all this work, he saw that the news that he would donate to the Ningbo Class of Yanbei University was also posted on the official website. He let out a sigh of relief and was suddenly stunned.

Because he suddenly thought of the last agreement with Ning Wei.

Yes, the two agreed that after Ningwei provided these loopholes to them, they would only remain silent for one month.If the authorities fail to seal these loopholes after a month, why would they still announce these loopholes to those network security companies and major server providers as before?

Really, it's not that Alberta Byrne underestimates the official programmers who fix the bugs.If there are only three or five vulnerabilities, one month is probably enough.But is a month really enough time for dozens of vulnerabilities spread across different locations?

You must know that every time an announcement or update is released to the outside world, it needs to go through rigorous internal testing, at least to ensure that the update made to make up for the loopholes will not create bigger loopholes, right?

Debugging bugs is not an easy task for any programmer, and in many cases it even affects the whole body. It is not a joke that more and more bugs are tuned. Gamers have probably experienced this. Seeing that some are getting bigger and bigger, and there are more bugs, the impression is really hard to describe.

In fact, this is true of any program. Many bugs that were tested in the early stage of program design are okay to say, and they can take a step back.But like software that already has huge influence, if you want to solve so many bugs at once, you can only rely on patching, which is really hard to say.

This is still a situation where software vulnerabilities are relatively easy to deal with. Like those who make hardware, such as Intel, there are cases where a CPU vulnerability has been passed down for several generations...

So three or five big loopholes, one month's time is tight, and more rewards are taken out, which is barely enough, but dozens of BUGs need to be fixed, and one month's time is really a joke.

Thinking of this question, Alberta Lynn was really dumb.His eyes unconsciously fell on the phone...

His face suddenly became bitter, no, he had to make a call to Ning Wei. When he thought of the difficult attitude on the other side of the call just now, Alberta Lynn regretted being so active just now.But there is no way, he is really afraid that Ning Wei will fulfill the agreement seriously...

The only good thing is that this time, you don't have to wait for the boss to help him connect. Your number should already be in Ningwei's address book, right?

……

"Hey, Professor Ning Wei, I'm really sorry I didn't bother you, did I?"

"Actually, I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Lynn. You may not know that I have the habit of taking a walk by the lake with my lover after dinner. Now it has been two hours since we talked on the phone. I just finished eating and I am taking a walk with the girl I like. , I was still joking with her just now, your phone call interrupted my train of thought..."

"Haha, Professor Ning, you really know how to joke."

"Ha ha……"

"That's right, Professor Ning, we just received the list of bugs you sent me, and I really appreciate your support for our work. But dealing with so many bugs at once is a great challenge for us. So I think one month may not be enough time..."

"You all already know where the problem is, how could one month not be enough?"

"This one……"

"Really, Mr. Lynn, your efficiency is too low. If you don't have confidence in your technical department, my team can help you as a consultant, and these bugs will definitely be solved in a month."

"Ah? This, is it okay?"

"Of course it's possible. But it's still the same sentence, our Ningban is now waiting to be done..."

"Needless to say, Professor Ning, I decided to donate another 1000 million US dollars to Ningban on behalf of the foundation to express the foundation's support for Huaxia's higher education. I hope this money can cultivate more computer talents and promote the world's computer language development of."

"On behalf of Ning Ban, I would like to thank you for your generosity, Mr. Lynn. Well, I will send you the idea of ​​solving the problem later by email."

"Thank you, Professor Ning!"

"You are welcome! See you!"

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333 What a coincidence

In fact, the communication between the two has always been very peaceful.For Ning Wei, the labor in March was not in vain, and it was considered a return. For the foundation, the money spent was not distressed. For Ning Ban, the little guys felt better, and even more so. The important thing is that Ningban's future welfare is more secure, and it can be said that everyone is happy.

But zooming in on the entire network, of course, is not the case.

Not to mention the Java programmers who are deeply confused, for ordinary netizens, they are probably eating inexplicable melons while paying attention to whether their mobile phones and computers will be recruited, because everyone knows that as long as things go well In order to get involved, this melon usually has a sequel, and generally speaking, the sequel is often more exciting than the main meal.

Because it's always been that way.

Not to mention that this time Ning Wei still took the shot from the newly established Ning Ban.

What's more interesting is that a group of netizens who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal have already characterized this matter as the 9.19 Java tragedy caused by an outspoken Java programmer. This is the rhythm to be written into history.Some enthusiastic netizens have even started to edit entries on Baidu, editing the whole story of the incident into the entries.

In order to allow more people to be late for melons, this year's melon-eating netizens are really excellent.

Sure enough, the follow-up did not disappoint everyone.

After the incident fermented for a few hours, netizens who have been following Apache's official website soon discovered that the follow-up is coming...

The Apache Foundation suddenly decided to donate to Yanbei University's Ning class, and it was 1000 million U.S. dollars.For Ning Wei, this amount of money is nothing, but it is considered a huge sum of money in the eyes of ordinary people. Except for those wealthy netizens who hang out on Douyin and Zhihu every day, ordinary people may not be able to earn 1000 million US dollars in their lifetime. ah.

If you add that this is more than a donation, there are too many memorable places.

So Ningban's troubles made Ningban's funds more sufficient?

Ning Wei said in the promotional video before that he was going to take out 5000 million as a scholarship, and now the 6000 million more is enough to show that Ning Ban's salary will be improved again.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, I was born two years earlier, otherwise, even if I give up Columbia University, I will try to get into Ningban!"

"I dare say that Ning's class is the class in the world that lacks the most scholarships in the future. If you don't accept it, let's argue."

"A targeted donation of 1000 million to Ning Ban, does this count as the programmer causing Apache to be blamed?"

"When I saw the news, I felt an inexplicable sense of joy. I think someone must be scolding her at this time. Haha, the standard people sit at home, and the disaster comes from heaven. The Apache official must not be willing to give this money."

"Brothers, this price is wrong. Provide a bug to Apple's iOS, and the reward is capped at only 30 US dollars. What does it mean that Apache donated 1000 million US dollars directly? Thinking carefully, I am afraid there is nothing wrong?"

"Professor Ning said it, and he kept Java programmers busy for a year. You appreciate it, and you appreciate it!"

……

A group of people on the Internet are eating well, and the discussion is lively, and the breaking news came again. The donation amount on Apache's official website was directly changed to 2000 million US dollars. Both screenshots were taken from the official website, except for the time Aside from the half hour span, everything else is exactly the same.

Well, this sequel is a direct continuation of the series, and the excitement is doubled.

The key is that neither the Apache official nor Ningwei continued to comment on this matter, and a group of programmers who were fishing for fish during overtime work exploded.

"Don't say anything, long live Ningban!"

"This belongs to the stone hammer. It is probably true that it can be busy for a year."

"Now I really want to know which great god provoked whom on the forum and went to provoke the outstanding students of the Ning class. Who can find out this big brother and let me worship him?"

"Don't think too much, just went to see it, and the account of that guy on the forum has been cancelled."

"I think that guy is an undercover agent for PHP, how many Java writers would be so boring?!"

The Java community on the forum was gloomy, and when the netizens outside were raving about their enjoyment, Ning Wei, who was walking with classmate Jiang by the lake, received a call from Yan Ming again. As soon as Ning Wei answered the phone, he heard a series of thanks from the other side.

"Professor Ning, thank you very much. I learned about this just after the meeting. Mr. Liu from the relevant business department called me just now and asked me to bring his thanks."

This nonsensical remark made Ning Wei stunned for a while, thank you for not knowing why, and there is Mr. Liu popping up?

So Ning Wei asked in bewilderment: "No, Mr. Yan, why are you thanking me all of a sudden?"

The other side of the phone immediately replied: "Haha, Professor Ning, don't be like this, we all know that this is your help for our own language. Let March help us design the Chinese programming language framework. Don't say that you don't know. You are right this time. The introduction of Java has really helped us a lot. Don’t worry, we have already formulated a relevant publicity plan, and we will take advantage of this wave of enthusiasm to officially launch our Chinese programming language to the outside world. Thank you very much. Professor Ning!"

"Speaking of it, Lao Liu still feels very embarrassed. Last time you said that you would delay the vote on building a future science and technology city in LP County. But we must not be inferior to others in the construction of Ningban. We just now After discussing it and reporting it to Mr. Ren, we also used [-] million to set up a special Huawei Ning class scholarship. How to award this money to students is up to you. Oh, sorry, Professor Ning, there is another phone call Come in, hang up first."

After finishing speaking, Yan Ming cheerfully hung up the phone...

Ning Wei was also completely speechless.

He really wanted to tell Yan Ming that he really didn't know about Ning Wei's design of a Chinese programming language using the March Smart Platform.It's like Huawei Pictures uses the image of March to make cartoons. March is doing hundreds of thousands, millions or even tens of millions of things every moment. The background data is not of interest, and even if it is, it is impossible to fully know it.

Manpower is exhausted, but machines are different, especially in March after having a big house, the parallel processing capacity has reached an astronomical figure.And designing a Chinese programming language, Ning Wei didn't think about it before.

There is no other reason. In Ning Wei's view, regardless of any programming language, these codes must be converted into machine codes through a compiler.In other words, whether it is English or Chinese, it is just a symbolic representation for the machine.

Moreover, he has no language barriers in programming, so naturally he will not think in this direction.

But if you think about it carefully, the Chinese programming language is still meaningful.At least you don't need to learn English to be able to easily master all the instructions.

Now Ning Wei still doesn’t know what the core of the Chinese programming language that March participated in the design is like, what kind of compilation technology is used, and how many practical libraries are there, but from the information disclosed by Yan Ming in the call just now. Look, Huawei is still very confident in this language.

It's just that this matter really has nothing to do with him. The release of Java vulnerabilities is really just an outlet for Ning Ban.Who dares to think that things in this world are such a coincidence. The time when the Java programmers had some small conflicts with Ning Ban happened to be the time when Huawei was planning to launch a major Chinese programming language...

Really, the moment Yan Ming hung up the phone, Ning Wei felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of the $2000 million sponsorship that the Apache Foundation had promised to Ning Ban not long ago.Later today, if Huawei really sends out this news and touches Java directly, what will that Mr. Lynn think?Would you also think that this was designed by him early on?

Ning Wei thinks it will, after all, the beneficiary thinks so.

I don't know if other languages ​​will be nervous, look at this mess...

Ning Wei felt that Tian Yanzhen would not be able to approve him if he did not approve the leave. Now he is too embarrassed to stay in the research center under such circumstances.

……

"Huh...Chenshuang, don't we care too much about March? Now we rarely pay attention to what it is doing. This little guy has grown up and doesn't tell me what he does every day. Huawei It happened to be a coincidence that I worked with March to design a Chinese programming language, and it happened to be released to the public recently, which is a bit of a coincidence." Ning Wei said with emotion.

Gu "Huh? What a coincidence?" Student Jiang was also surprised by the coincidence.

Of course she knows what happened today. Even if she doesn’t know much about it, when she was walking by the lake with Ning Wei just now, she also heard the conversation between Ning Wei and the person in charge of the Apache Foundation. She probably understood the situation, so she probably understands at this time Rather embarrassing point.

"Yeah, it's really a coincidence. The Chinese programming language Mr. Yan said, I guess, should be similar to Java and PHP, and it is a higher-level programming language than C language. At least in China, it will definitely become a competitor of Java." Ning Wei looked at Jiang and said.

The two looked at each other, then laughed out loud almost at the same time.

"Dad must feel very relieved." Jiang said after laughing.

This evaluation is very pertinent. For Ning's father, being able to earn foreign exchange means that his son is great. If he can get money from foreigners, he doesn't even mind letting Ning Wei be his father for a day...

"Well, my dad thinks that the whole world owes Huaxia, and Huaxia only charges interest for making that little money." Ning Wei shrugged.

"So you should just make Dad happy." Jiang said playfully.

How should I put it, the changes in Jiang Chenshuang in the past two years have also been obvious, and she has become much more cheerful.

"I have to tell the good news to the children in Ning's class." Ning Wei took out his mobile phone and clicked on WeChat, only to see that the group was already very lively. Ordinary people are exuberant, they have been drilled all day in the military training camp, and they can still maintain such a strong energy, holding a mobile phone and having fun in the group.

……

"Okay, everyone, be quiet first, and listen to me."

"Professor Ning has finally been summoned by us!"

"Ahem, Great God Chen, how dare you use the word summoning..."

"Okay, everyone, stop making trouble, and let Professor Ning finish speaking first." The disciplinary committee member in the class reminded everyone in the group very responsibly.

Ning Wei smiled. In fact, he quite likes the mentality of the children in Ning’s class. He very much hopes that after the military training is over and the class officially starts, all these children can maintain this mentality. The pressure didn't overwhelm them.

"Let me tell you a piece of good news. First of all, Mr. Lynn from the Apache Foundation just decided to donate 2000 million US dollars to our Ningbo class. Half of the money will be used to set up an Apache scholarship, which is used to award Students who have made achievements in class and computer-related competitions, the specific reward measures will be informed to you after your class officially starts."

"Yan Ming, executive vice president of Huawei, also called just now, saying that he would spend [-] million yuan to set up a Huawei scholarship for the Ningbo class. In other words, in addition to the scholarship I gave, we won two more for you. Only you are eligible for scholarships. And I emphasize here that these Ningban exclusive scholarships do not conflict with other scholarships in the school."

"I roughly calculated for you. If you maintain the top five in Ningban every semester, I guarantee that your scholarship income will exceed 200 million in four years. If you can maintain the first place, you can get at least 300 million. Don't be afraid that the scholarship is not enough. Not counting the school's annual appropriation to Ningban, the funds we have raised are enough for everyone to maintain this scholarship level for five years. In addition, we will also set up a special fund to solve the problem. For all the problems in your life, for example, there will even be a dedicated psychological counselor to serve you in Ningban in the future."

"But behind the high benefits are high requirements. Such good benefits, so many scholarships, and so many benefits will put pressure on you. These benefits ensure that you can study with all your heart. If your grades are not up to standard, you I don’t have any reason to complain, I can only find my own reasons. So I won’t say much else, just do military training and study hard, and I hope you can persevere until the day I teach you.”

The last sentence is really looking forward to, because Ning Wei's class starts from the junior year and lasts until the second half of the senior year.Of course, it is also possible to follow Ning Wei to do some projects in his sophomore year through the undergraduate research plan of Yanbei University, but that is another story.

The senior year of the Nanjing class is also very tight, because those who can stay in the Ningbo class after the junior year, the next step is to go through the process and directly re-sign the contract as a direct doctoral student. Of course, this is what was agreed before entering the Ningbo class. The difference It's just that for the forty students in the first class of Ning, it is certainly impossible for all of them to be promoted to the junior year smoothly, and they will face diversion from the end of the freshman semester.

"Don't worry, Professor Ning, we promise to study hard!"

"Sure, sure, after all, we came to Ning's class to listen to Professor Ning's lectures!"

"That's right, Professor Ning, don't worry, I can't wait to plant my wings and go to school to start studying."

"Actually, there is no need to wait. Some of us have already started to study the course "Mathematical Analysis" by ourselves, and it is very interesting."

"Yes, Professor Ning, don't worry, everyone is full of motivation now!"

……

Ning Wei was very relieved to see everyone scrambling to express their opinions.