A Hacking Sim

A persistent virtual internet hosts your underground endeavours.

Preface

Engage in such activities as:

• Gaining admin access to high-security websites
• Retrieving data in exchange for information
• Stealthly listening in on im/email/irc conmunications
• Hacking corporate networks, banks, government facilities and the likes
• Breaking down security systems for information
• Creating, managing and growing botnets
• Tracing, hacking and framing other people
• Scanning and analysing systems for vulnerabilities
• Editing/removing key system files, and watch the change affect the world
• Exploiting, DDoSing, infecting, crashing, hardening or listening on all systems in the world
• Update security software on servers you 'own'
• Gather useful software (either free or illegally)

Specifics

This section lists specific details about various parts of the game.

File systems

File systems are kept simple. Proposed directory structure:

• /bin (all programs)
• /boot (kernel, start-up scripts)
• /etc (configs)
• /home/users
• /var
  • /log
  • /ftp
  • /http
  • /opt

The following file manipulation tools are available to players:

• ls
• cd
• cp
• mv
• rm
• edit

Servers

All servers in the game are retrieved by scanning or pinging the real hosts (is this legal?).

Server contents are generated procedurally, possibly from alexa ratings.

Software

Exploits are released once in a while, and fit a specific software and version, or similar softwares using a particularly vulnerable piece of code (like gets).

Software Hierachy

• Program
  • NetworkProgram
    • ServerProgram
      • httpdProgram
        • apached
        • nginxd
        • issd
        • lighttpd
      • ftpdProgram
        • proftpd
        • pureftpd
      • sshdProgram
        • opensshd
        • sshd
      • ircdProgram
      • DatabaseProgram
        • mysqld
        • mssqld
        • pgsqld
        • sqlited
      • FreenetProgram
        • freenetd
    • ClientProgram
      • BrowserProgram
        • wget
        • freenet
      • ScanProgram
        • nmap
        • ping
        • whois
      • ConnectProgram
        • telnet
        • ftp
        • ssh
        • nc
        • irc
      • MonitorProgram
        • netstat
        • tracetracker
      • ExploitProgram
      • ProxyProgram
        • tor
        • proxy
  • ToolProgram
    • CrackProgram
      • johntheripper
      • rainbow
    • CompilerProgram
      • perl
      • python
      • ruby
      • sh
      • gcc
    • CryptographyProgram
      • gpg
      • rot13
      • md5
      • sha
  • SystemProgram
    • FileSystemProgram
      • cd
      • ls
      • mv
      • cp
      • rm
    • InformationProgram
      • uptime
      • who
      • uname
      • date
    • ManageProgram
      • edit
  • SuperProgram
    • su
    • sudo

Interface

Anatomy of the interface (1:2 scale):

[ Artist - Track                                             00:00 ]
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| $ sudo nmap localhost                  |                         |
| Starting Nmap 5.00 at 2009-10-26 06:01 |                         |
| Interesting ports on localhost (::1):  |                         |
| PORT  STATE  SERVICE  SOFTWARE         |                         |
|   21  open   ftp      pure-ftpd 1.0.24 |           MAP           |
|   80  open   http     lighttpd  1.4.24 |                         |
| Device type: general purpose           |                         |
| OS details: Linux 2.6.13-2.6.27        |                         |
| Nmap done: 1 host scanned in 7.38 s    | [fullscreen]    [local] |
| $                                      +-------------------------+
|                                        | NMAP 5.00 RELEASED      |
|                                        | ==================      |
|                                        | months of work since... |
|                TERMINAL                |                         |
|                                        | MEGACORP COMPROMISED    |
|                                        | ====================    |
|                                        | In what appears to be a |
|                                        | virus outbreak, Mega... |
|                                        |      COMMUNICATION      |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        |                         |
|                                        | [irc][bbs][NEWS][music] |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------+

TERMINAL is where the majority of the game takes place. Has a number of tabs.

MAP/LOCAL is a map/blueprint of the current network location, possibly containing;

• World map
• Local view
• 3D Model view
• Media view
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Image

COMMUNICATION is the modular communication panel, containing;

• IRC
• BBS
• News
• Mail
• Notes
• Music
• Currently active job/jobs
• Known servers

Left panel has a minimum width of 80 columns.

Right panels have a maximum width of 80 columns. Assuming a minimum width of 52 columns, for IRC, with and without time stamps respectively, this would look like;

00:00 <ninechars> The quick brown fox jumps over the
<ninechars> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy 

Hardware

Instead of buying upgrades (see Money section), any hacked system can be used as a base of operations. The specifications of the currently connected system will determine the overall speed of hacking, storage capacity, bandwidth etc.

Your initial - and at all times available - system, localhost, will have pretty terrible specifications.

In case of losing access to the currently preferred system, whatever copied to your localhost stays intact. Thus, localhost is kind of a safe (or at least safer) place to store the most important files. Just don't leave any traces.

Money

While the game will feature money, these will not be usable by the player.

The purpose of money in the game is solely symbolic/political; ruining people or companies, supporting organisations, wiring funds ... In short, jobs etc.

The player has no use for money, as upgrades are not bought, but taken (see Hardware section).

Developers

Akselii
zachanima