Part 2 Hello, Mr. Major General I'm Gu Nianzi

243. Random password!

This Xin Xinggao is really something." Gu Nianzhi was impressed. "It's not easy to crack the Nandou system's channel coding."
"Hehe, I'd be impressed too if she really cracked it from scratch." Yin Shixiong shook his head is disdain. "It's almost a shame that she wasn't able to."
Gu Nianzhi caught onto his implication. "Brother Xiong, did you figure out something?"
"Yes." Yin Shixiong sent Zhao Liangze the data on Xin Xinggao that the Special Ops had unearthed. "Look for yourself. Before she left for abroad, Xin Xinggao participated in the development of the Nandou system under her mentor at T University. Although she wasn't involved in the crucial components, she was able to understand the basis process and the general framework, as well as the coding rules. Additionally, the coding rules of the Nandou system and the European Copernicus are the same in regards to their compatibility purposes."
Zhao Liangze replied from the other side, "As far as I know, this lab at Harvard's School of Engineering was able to crack the channel coding of the Copernicus Global Satellite Navigation System system six months ago. With the help of a Nandou 'insider,' it's not a surprise that they were able to figure out the pattern in the Nandou's pseudo random passwords."
Gu Nianzhi pat her heart in great relief. "That's good, that's good. I was really afraid that we were up against a genius here."
"Yeah, right! Some genius. She was just a labourer." Yin Shixiong opened the MATLAB software on his compter, "See, they send test signals to the Nadou system everyday, and when the signal is received, they import the data into their MATLAB for calculations."
"According to his, they should be able to completely crack the code in no time." Gu Nianzhi made an estimation with the amount of data and computing power of MATLAB, her face completely serious. "Uncle Huo, you musn't use the Nandou system again."
Huo Shaoheng sat in front of the computer and moved the mouse with one hand, while the other was draped on the back of his chair. He appeared much more relaxed now. "Nianzhi, we really owe you this time."
His voice traveled from the speakers, his deep tones flowed into her ears and burrowed deep inside her heart. Her ears were tingling and she couldn't help pinching her earlobes to soothe the feeling. She smiled. "Uncle Huo, I'm so happy to be able to help you guys," she added, "Will you contact the Empire to change the channel coding for Nandou? Will it be a great loss?"
Zhao Liangze replied indignantly, "The biggest loss was to our operation; we fell right into the enemy's trap. Other than this, it's not a big deal. The Nandou civilian password was originally meant to be freely accessible to everyone anyway. But, whether the password was given or stolen, that's a different matter."
Gu Nianzhi snapped her fingers."I got it! It's like the neighbor got ahold of our wifi password and leeched off our internet?"
This was a fair analogy. Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong chuckled. "Yes, yes! That's it! Greedy neighbors stealing our wifi! Such sh*tty neighbors!"
Gu Nianzhi giggled along with them, but she understood what Zhao Liangze had left unsaidthe true reason why he was so upset. Even though Xin Xinggao had led this American group in cracking the civilian password, it still involved certain coding rules. It would've been disastrous if the Americans had gotten ahold of the Empire's coding rules because Huo Shaoheng hadn't figured it out in time. This was no small blow.
"This is a serious matter." Huo Shaoheng did not join in their joking, but pointed at the data analysis on the monitor. "They certainly won't be able to crack the military password, because I was the one to create it. Of course, even the most complex password can be cracked if there's a leak like this."
Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong quickly nodded in agreement. "Cracking the civilian password was a leak to begin with!"
If Xin Xinggao's team took the credit for cracking the password, Yin Shixiong would be the first to challenge it. Had she ask her father for permission to do this? Or had she asked her mentor?