- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This isn't my work, so I'm not taking credit.
My opinion is that these "sec proc" listings are security processes - security processes to which the SPDR recovery utility should have access. In the cases of processes 1-3, it does indeed have access - they query SPDR, SPDR responds with its programmed authorization codes, and the processes allow it to continue to the next process. Upon encountering security process 4, however, SPDR encounters a problem - Process 4 no longer recognizes it, hence the failure result of the fifth "!probe primary sector" command. Security Process 4 basically says to SPDR, "Yeah, and I'm the King of England! Shove off, you!"
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grope:
!init search
master-sector
!probe master-sector
fail
Init strings tell a modem how to act. There are literally hundreds of modems on sale and each one has it's own different init string AND there may be a different init string for each modem, its trying to find the init string for the modem.connection. the modem returns this, master-sector, so it trying to probe it (!probe master-sector) but fails... mebe this is because sum ports are closed. [EDIT: A port scan (innocent, don't worry) reveals that you only have three ports open, the typical HTTP and then two server-related ports.] but the codes.. look like puesode codes. [EDIT: 'Pseudocode' is stuff that looks like computer code, but is not executable as it. Perhaps a different programming language, or a prank?]
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And, now, for me. I studied it as well, and came up with some comments to add to the code to explain it a bit. At least, this is my opinion.
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net:
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!route
proc attach proc net
!route
proc attach proc grope
!route
proc attach proc sur
//Telling the network subroutine to 'attach' (connect), and do the action 'drop' afterwards. Perhaps connecting and then immediately dropping after passively storing information about the connection? !route likely is saying the different actions it can take: procedure (protocol?) attach (like TCP/IP protocol for connecting), and then protocol/procedure either net (network completely, gain a full connection?), grope (examine?), and sur (??? at this point).
net:
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
grope:
!probe host
crypt weak
!decrypt host
decrypt confidence 100
//More attaching and dropping. Searching for something? Also, we can see that grope is equal to probe. The probed host/file has cryptography on it. This program, however, has the ability to decrypt. It is 100% sure (confidence 100) that it has been decrypted after this command (!decrypt host) is executed.
!probe master sector
fail
surg:
!invntry primary sector proc
proc invntry 343
working 0
dmg 38
dmg unk 2
broken 102
abs 201
!invntry primary sector mem
mem invntry 678223072849
clear 0.0007
dmg 0.0014
frgm 1.41
abs 98.5879
//The master sector (like the one on a hard drive) is probed. This fails. The 'surg' command is used- still no idea what it is. !invntry is inventory, it seems. The subcommands are likely primary and sector procedures, and then later primary and sector memory. As for the first part: 343 sector procedures? 343 sector protocols? Something along those lines- I'm guessing similar to cylinders in hard drives. Perhaps even there are 343 total subroutines. That isn't too hard to believe, with the complexity of a program like this. None are working fully. 38 are damaged. 102 are broken. Broken implies that it isn't working at all, while damaged may just be corrupted. 201 are 'abs'- absent? Not showing up on scans at all? Two are 'damage unk', I am guessing 'extent of damage unknown'. Maybe they are working fine, but are next to or surrounded by damaged ones? Mem inventory is pretty obvious- that's the amount of bytes of memory. That, or kilobytes, which is actually rather likely. This means it's either about 700 gigabytes, OR about one thousand times as much, 700 terabytes. Either amount is a huge number- the largest commerical hard drive in existence is a single terabyte. 'Clear' means that memory checks out okay. 'dmg' is damaged memory, as per the hard drive. 'frgm' is fragmented memory that needs to be 'sorted', essentially, because it's being inefficiently used. 'Abs' is, like the prior, absent. It can't be found.
net:
!attach
act | store recurse
surg:
!config
master-sector:net attach
!config
master-sector:mat si
!kindle master-sector
master-sector active
//More connections. This time, however, it does 'store recurse'. Recurse is likely recursive: it means an operation will call itself, until it reaches an end point. This would be like telling a computer to print a page every time you pressed A, and every time a page is printed, treat it like someone pressed A on the keyboard. An infinite loop. 'Surg' again. No idea on it, yet. 'master-sector: net attach' is trying to connect to the master sector from earlier that was unable to be probed. Then, it is configured. 'mat si' maybe means 'material: silicon', telling us it's solid state storage, instead of a hard drive (assuming I'm remembering this right, I'm not a hardware guy'. This would make sense- an AI can't be bogged down loading from slow hard drives. After this, it attempts to 'kindle'- starting up a fire, or in this case, the master sector. Perhaps repairs have been successful at this point? That, or the order of the code is incorrect. But, by this point in the code, repairs have worked, and the master sector (perhaps the sentience layer of the AI?) is back online.
net:
!attach
act | drop
surg:
!mat
si confidence 78
//Another connection and then disconnect. Surg appears to be a detailed analysis tool, at this point. Like performing an autopsy... wait, maybe 'surgery'? Hmm. Next, another materials query, this being nearly certain that the storage medium is silicon. More solid state storage.
grope:
!probe master-sector
fail
!probe master-sector cmd proc
empty
!analyze magnetic
& si !extend
!spdr extend
si > magnetic
!probe master-sector cmd proc
master-sector
//Once again, unable to probe the master sector. I get the feeling I have this disjointed, unfortunately. The 'command process' tries to probe- maybe a more detailed level of probing, by a 'more priveleged' system? Now, it just shows up as empty. Analysis is made of it, and seemingly as an afterthought (&extend) silicon is included in the probe of its magnetic properties. 'SPDR' is also initiated at this point. Maybe since it's having trouble, it's activating the 'SPDR' system, since it's reflexive? If it can't do this in a timely fashion, it would reason that it's better to make copies of the system so that it can be restored from the copies instead of just continuing to check things. Damaged memory can cause overwriting errors, where changing a bit changes a nearby bit, soon escalating into huge errors. This probe, in the meantime, returns as more likely to be silicon (solid state) which is where problems would come in. The master sector is probed with the command process again, returning that there IS a master sector. Maybe after analyzing, it now knows what kind of corruption to look for instead of just hard drive errors, and can attempt to fix it.
net:
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
grope:
!probe extern proc 0
crypt strong
surg:
!mat extern proc 0
si confidence 78
!triage extern proc 0
fail
//More connections, and then a probe on 'process 0', from an external source. Maybe it's viewing the website? It returns as strong cryptography- perhaps a testament to your setup skills. Maybe that 'surgery' command again? material external process 0. Once again, silicon, perhaps saying that it's reading from RAM (what's currently happening on the site) instead of from disk (stored files). 'triage' is a surgical term, that refers to a surgeon rationing out supplies, like during war time. In this sense, I would guess it's way to limit the draw of programs. This fails. Maybe this is why the site got glitchy- it was likely that this program was trying to shut it down.
net:
!scan
null
!listen
null
!attach
act | drop
!extern 2
//Now, it appears to be scanning on the network, and picking up nothing with either a scan (implying active) or a listen (implying passive). It then connects to something, and then tries to call (calling is when you activate one program from another) 'extern 2', maybe another program related to the website? Perhaps a different part of the server program?
system peril distributed reflex
!restore master-sector
recurse
//SPDR was called earlier, and is here seen responding. It instructs the original program to restore the master-sector, and be recursive about it, continuing to do it until successful. Like, say, CPR on a person with no heartbeat can be continued for long periods of time before they suffer brain damage.
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