Novel Netware Novels & Stories

Chapter 40: The Master Copy The afternoon light cast shadows across the studio illuminating the sleek lines of the mahogany desk and the quiet server indicators on the wall monitor. The Nora Vale network was stable. Across GoodNovel and NovelSnack millions of readers were moving through the parts of The Architecture of Trust. The stressful days of drafting chapters were a memory; the digital infrastructure was now self-sustaining.

She was dressed in an uncomfortable new business suit but would let a computer and her documents do the talking. The value of the law firm came from the complex, detailed and spot-on opinions they wrote and sold to clients, often selling the same opinion to both sides of a given conflict. To that end they use two computer systems, 1) a normal network that connects to the internet, and is vulnerable to all the attacks that implies, so it is used for nothing important, and 2) a separate, physically isolated internal network, confined to the building, where all work was done and supposedly stored securely. In an attempt to steal work product from Eric Grey, Larry and his two partners had violat

"And Kenji doesn't sign for stalled assets." "Stalled? You think I’m an amateur?" Leonard’s ego flared, fueled by a liter of premium bourbon. "I built a ghost network. No Moretti names, no paper trail. It’s sitting in sub-level three of the East District data center. A city-owned building. The cops are guarding the perimeter for me and they don't even know it." Lina felt a jolt of electricity hit her spine. East District data center. Sub-level three. "Data doesn't pay bills, Leonard. How do you move it?"

Sean was watching Nicole curiously. Though he did not really know what she was doing, he still loved watching his sister opening dialog boxes and keying in codes. Daniel was drawn to Nicole as well. He could not help but walk toward Nicole and stand behind her. Nicole did not mind them and continued strengthening the firewall and perfecting the company's software. "What company developed our company's network security software?" Nicole asked without looking up. Sean replied calmly, "All of our software is from the Finley family. Their software's the best in San Joto. Is there a problem?"

“We have been sitting in this luxury apartment for twelve hours doing nothing but watching the rain. I need to know what happened to the company after the fire.” “I am bypass the security firewalls right now,” I muttered, tapping the enter key with a sharp click. “The main mainframe for the Novarion Group uses a dual layer authentication protocol. Victor built it himself to keep the board of directors from snooping into his private holdings. But he forgot that he showed me the master override key three years ago when the West Side port union threatened to strike.” “Look at the screen,” Clara said, pointing a finger toward the glowing green code lines reflecting on the glass terminal. “The da