=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SummerCon '95 in review by Voyager Atlanta has a proud history in the hacking scene and was an obvious choice to host SummerCon '95. I lived in Atlanta a few years back and was looking forward to getting together with old friends like Captain Hemp, Bytor, Peyote Coyote, Blue Adept, Coup, Gonzo and Sniper. Engineering a bit of time off from work and not totalling a car this month was all it took to clear the way for a trip to SummerCon '95. I arrived early Friday evening and ran into Johnny Oakley on the way to the Clarion Hotel's bar, where I ended up spending a great deal of the weekend. Friday evening was spent meeting old friends (many of whom I had never met) and making new ones. Unlike DefCon, there were no name tags. The only way to spot people you knew was to approach everyone in the hotel to identify themselves. I am amazed at how shy most of attendees were. I went around shaking hands and collecting nicks until I had greeted almost everyone at the convention. Friday evening's fun was dampened by the first arrest of the convention. Simurgh was caught in a hotel office and whisked off to a local jail. Several others of us were detained momentarily, but nothing came of it. Simurgh was charged with Criminal Trespass, Theft by Taking, and Possession of Marijuana. His weekend of fun ended early. TeleMonster arrived early and set up a computer controlled light show on the side of the hotel. As con attendees checked in, he expanded the light show to include more hotel windows(tm). The con attendees took great delight in the light show, though the hotel manager eventually demanded that it be dismantled. Vandalism seemed to be the theme of the convention this year. Apparently, some conventioneers took the graphic on the SummerCon '95 T-Shirt just a bit too seriously. Room number signs were stolen by the dozen, the stairwell was flooded with water, exit signs were removed, panels of wall paper where ripped down, the elevators were vandalized, the phone room was broken into and many rooms lost phone service. I do not have a financial stake either way, but I cannot help but wonder if hacker conventions might not be a bit more fun if we did not have to deal with hostile hotel staff. The speakers were scheduled to begin at 10:00 Saturday. Unfortunately, I was just getting to bed at that time. The speakers were mostly the same folks who speak at every convention, so I stayed in bed for most of them. I got up for Strat's talk about the new TCP/IP implementations. Although the speech was very good, the hi-light of it was an accusation by an audience member that Strat had recently narced out a number of well known (but curiously absent from the convention) members of the hacking community. Strat denied any knowledge of what the audience member was discussing. 10:00 Intro 10:10 Robert Steele - Hackers from the Intelligence Perspective 11:00 Eric Hughes - Cryptography, Banking and Commerce 12:00 Annaliza Savage - Unauthorized Access 2:15 Video tape of a physical switch break-in 3:00 Bob Stratton - The Future of TCP/IP Security 4:00 Winn Schwartu - Electromagnetic Weaponry 5:00 Chris Goggans - International Intrigue Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe) ended up with a speech asking people to hack computers in foreign countries, and telling conventioneers that prosecution for doing so is almost impossible. Chris changed plans at the last moment and did not attempt to hack in front of the audience. One country mentioned in particular was France, which is vulnerable to ypx attacks. Expect transcontinental Internet connections to slow for some time. After the agenda was finished, it was back to the bar for more socializing. Unfortunately, one participant didn't make it back to the bar, and was instead discovered unconscious in the phone closet. The hotel management was not impressed and Y is now facing charges of Public Drunkenness, Trespassing, Obstructing Justice and Fighting Words. Trashing runs were organized on Saturday and Sunday nights, including one to the AT&T dumpster that Adam Grant (The Urvile) demonstrated on NBC DateLine. That particular journey yielded a COSMOS account. Other runs brought up a BBS for AT&T System 75 tech support and enough credit card numbers to buy Miami. I spent part of the convention with a group of conventioneers who labelled themselves as "Dark Side Hackers." Although they failed to live up to the "Dark Side" portion of their name, they were a fun group of people with a very impressive set of technical skills. Where else will you find good X.25 jokes... and people who laugh at them? These guys play hard, are good at what they do, but don't represent a danger to Western Civilization. Several people at the convention asked me how SummerCon '95 stacked up against other cons I've attended. I really liked SummerCon '95. It wasn't as organized or publicized as DefCon, but other than that it went off very well. I tend to rate cons based on who shows up, and attendance was very good. DefCon is coming up in less than two months, and HoHoCon in December. DefCon is going to be in Las Vegas, but it is still plagued with cost problems. HoHoCon will most likely be either in Dallas or New Orleans, both of which are excellent choices. If ErikB doesn't run SummerCon '96 and no one else steps up to take charge, perhaps Dark Tangent will merge the two conventions. Either way, HoHoCon should continue to run well under Drunkfux's leadership. Here are a few of the people who attended SummerCon '95: Albatross, AliceD, Armitage, Asriel, BioHazard, Blue Adept, Buster Bunny, Bytor, Captain Hemp, Carl Corey, Central Scrutinizer, Coup, Crimson Death, Cyberchrist, Cybersynth, Deker, Der Schatten, Deth Vegetable, DiscoDan, Drunkfux, El Jefe, Elite Entity, Emmanuel Goldstein, Erik Bloodaxe, Eric Hughes, Gonzo, Grave45, Gwar, Johnny Oakley, Joe630, Kamakize, Laughing Gas, Loki, Loq, Ludi, Miff, Morgen, OPii, Okinawa, Ophie, Peyote Coyote, PMF, Rambone, Robert Steele, Sabre, Sarlo, Simurgh, SirLance, Sniper, Surgat, TeleMonster, TommydCat, Torquie, Voyager, Winn Schwartu, X. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... = = Internet : jericho@netcom.com (Mail is welcomed) = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Celestial Woodlands 214.252.6455 = = Ionic Destruction 215.722.0570 Hacker's Haven 303.343.4053 = = E.L.F. 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