Network
Rules of Conduct
- Be fair! Do not do to others what you do not wish done to yourself!
🌈 - Protect your computer! We cannot be held responsible for any damage your computer may face due to attachment to our network. Be reminded that both internet access and the local network are unfirewalled and unfiltered. Even well-maintained systems can be attacked and get hacked, even more so at a hacker event.
- Do not run your own DHCP server! Doing so is harmful.
- Do not send IPv6 Router Advertisements.
- Do not ARP spoof or otherwise impede the operation of the network!
- While we are generally quite able to find and disconnect you in case of network misuse if necessary, we still prefer to not have to do so and that everybody respects the other visitors.
- Think twice before you do something that affects others! If you hack someone, you might be prosecuted. Be aware that we cannot prevent law enforcement from acting within or related to our network.
👮 🚨 🚔 - Do not connect S/FTP or F/FTP (so called shielded cables) to a Datenklo; this is to prevent ground-loops.
- See also Rules for wireless equipment.
Wired
There will be wired 100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T/10GBASE-T ethernet on the camping grounds and in the caravan area by means of so-called "Data Toilets" or "Datenklos". Look for construction toilets with tin foil wrapped around them.
You can lay your own cables, but please do so in a tidy manner. You must not cross any roads, paths or borders between camping grounds. Always lay your cable from the Datenklo towards your tent to keep any slack close to your tent. Leave 5m of slack cable at the Datenklo. You can simply leave the end of your cable at the Datenklo, it will be connected by helpers at regular intervals (during reasonable work hours). If you want your cable back, make a proper spool of it and leave that at the Datenklo or mark it accordingly. It will be disconnected for you to pick up.
The maximum line-of-sight distance to the next Datenklo will be approximately 50 meters. Cables will not be provided. A length of 50 meters is recommended. If that is insufficient, you will find someone within this range who has a switch and can plug you in. But bringing 60 or 75 meters won't hurt if you want to be sure. Do not bring SFTP or other shielded cables, this can cause harm you your and our equipment, we will not connect them (this is to prevent ground loops).
Optionally, bring & connect a small ethernet switch when connecting multiple devices. Please disable Spanning-Tree Protocol if you would connect a managed switch.
Wired connections are unfiltered. If you have (older) devices that cannot be trusted with unrestricted incoming connections, bring a router or firewall (and disable the wifi!).