Superhero Server Takes War on Hackers to Mythic Level
Last year, more than 200,000 hackers tried to crash and invade the Hydra super-server during the “Bodacion Challenge,” but no one was able to collect the $100,000 prize offered for a successful attack. Hackers who dare penetrate the virus-immune and hacker-proof Hydra could find themselves up against a many-headed beast with a bodacious attitude. Hydra is a server unlike any other, says its maker. It is “the first hack proof Web-services appliance which can defend against such an attack and will never crash,” Bodacion Technologies chief software architect Eric Uner told NewsFactor. “The server’s combination of complex mathematics and embedded systems makes it impervious.” Full Story