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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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SummerCon '95
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in review
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by
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Voyager
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Atlanta has a proud history in the hacking scene and was an obvious
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choice to host SummerCon '95. I lived in Atlanta a few years back and
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was looking forward to getting together with old friends like Captain
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Hemp, Bytor, Peyote Coyote, Blue Adept, Coup, Gonzo and Sniper.
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Engineering a bit of time off from work and not totalling a car this
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month was all it took to clear the way for a trip to SummerCon '95.
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I arrived early Friday evening and ran into Johnny Oakley on the way to
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the Clarion Hotel's bar, where I ended up spending a great deal of the
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weekend. Friday evening was spent meeting old friends (many of whom I
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had never met) and making new ones. Unlike DefCon, there were no name
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tags. The only way to spot people you knew was to approach everyone in
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the hotel to identify themselves. I am amazed at how shy most of
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attendees were. I went around shaking hands and collecting nicks until
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I had greeted almost everyone at the convention.
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Friday evening's fun was dampened by the first arrest of the convention.
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Simurgh was caught in a hotel office and whisked off to a local jail.
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Several others of us were detained momentarily, but nothing came of it.
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Simurgh was charged with Criminal Trespass, Theft by Taking, and
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Possession of Marijuana. His weekend of fun ended early.
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TeleMonster arrived early and set up a computer controlled light show on
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the side of the hotel. As con attendees checked in, he expanded the
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light show to include more hotel windows(tm). The con attendees took
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great delight in the light show, though the hotel manager eventually
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demanded that it be dismantled.
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Vandalism seemed to be the theme of the convention this year.
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Apparently, some conventioneers took the graphic on the SummerCon '95
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T-Shirt just a bit too seriously. Room number signs were stolen by the
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dozen, the stairwell was flooded with water, exit signs were removed,
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panels of wall paper where ripped down, the elevators were vandalized,
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the phone room was broken into and many rooms lost phone service. I do
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not have a financial stake either way, but I cannot help but wonder if
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hacker conventions might not be a bit more fun if we did not have to
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deal with hostile hotel staff.
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The speakers were scheduled to begin at 10:00 Saturday. Unfortunately,
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I was just getting to bed at that time. The speakers were mostly the
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same folks who speak at every convention, so I stayed in bed for most of
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them. I got up for Strat's talk about the new TCP/IP implementations.
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Although the speech was very good, the hi-light of it was an accusation
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by an audience member that Strat had recently narced out a number of
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well known (but curiously absent from the convention) members of the
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hacking community. Strat denied any knowledge of what the audience
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member was discussing.
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10:00 Intro
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10:10 Robert Steele - Hackers from the Intelligence Perspective
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11:00 Eric Hughes - Cryptography, Banking and Commerce
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12:00 Annaliza Savage - Unauthorized Access
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2:15 Video tape of a physical switch break-in
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3:00 Bob Stratton - The Future of TCP/IP Security
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4:00 Winn Schwartu - Electromagnetic Weaponry
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5:00 Chris Goggans - International Intrigue
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Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe) ended up with a speech asking people to
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hack computers in foreign countries, and telling conventioneers that
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prosecution for doing so is almost impossible. Chris changed plans at
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the last moment and did not attempt to hack in front of the audience.
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One country mentioned in particular was France, which is vulnerable to
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ypx attacks. Expect transcontinental Internet connections to slow for
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some time.
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After the agenda was finished, it was back to the bar for more
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socializing. Unfortunately, one participant didn't make it back to the
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bar, and was instead discovered unconscious in the phone closet. The
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hotel management was not impressed and Y is now facing charges of Public
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Drunkenness, Trespassing, Obstructing Justice and Fighting Words.
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Trashing runs were organized on Saturday and Sunday nights, including
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one to the AT&T dumpster that Adam Grant (The Urvile) demonstrated on
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NBC DateLine. That particular journey yielded a COSMOS account. Other
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runs brought up a BBS for AT&T System 75 tech support and enough credit
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card numbers to buy Miami.
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I spent part of the convention with a group of conventioneers who
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labelled themselves as "Dark Side Hackers." Although they failed to
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live up to the "Dark Side" portion of their name, they were a fun group
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of people with a very impressive set of technical skills. Where else
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will you find good X.25 jokes... and people who laugh at them? These
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guys play hard, are good at what they do, but don't represent a danger
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to Western Civilization.
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Several people at the convention asked me how SummerCon '95 stacked up
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against other cons I've attended. I really liked SummerCon '95. It
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wasn't as organized or publicized as DefCon, but other than that it went
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off very well. I tend to rate cons based on who shows up, and
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attendance was very good.
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DefCon is coming up in less than two months, and HoHoCon in December.
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DefCon is going to be in Las Vegas, but it is still plagued with cost
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problems. HoHoCon will most likely be either in Dallas or New Orleans,
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both of which are excellent choices. If ErikB doesn't run SummerCon '96
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and no one else steps up to take charge, perhaps Dark Tangent will merge
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the two conventions. Either way, HoHoCon should continue to run well
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under Drunkfux's leadership.
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Here are a few of the people who attended SummerCon '95: Albatross,
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AliceD, Armitage, Asriel, BioHazard, Blue Adept, Buster Bunny, Bytor,
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Captain Hemp, Carl Corey, Central Scrutinizer, Coup, Crimson Death,
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Cyberchrist, Cybersynth, Deker, Der Schatten, Deth Vegetable, DiscoDan,
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Drunkfux, El Jefe, Elite Entity, Emmanuel Goldstein, Erik Bloodaxe, Eric
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Hughes, Gonzo, Grave45, Gwar, Johnny Oakley, Joe630, Kamakize, Laughing
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Gas, Loki, Loq, Ludi, Miff, Morgen, OPii, Okinawa, Ophie, Peyote Coyote,
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PMF, Rambone, Robert Steele, Sabre, Sarlo, Simurgh, SirLance, Sniper,
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Surgat, TeleMonster, TommydCat, Torquie, Voyager, Winn Schwartu, X.
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@netcom.com (Mail is welcomed) =
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= Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Celestial Woodlands 214.252.6455 =
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= Ionic Destruction 215.722.0570 Hacker's Haven 303.343.4053 =
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= E.L.F. (NUP) 314.272.3426 Misery 318.625.4532 =
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= Dungeon Sys. Inc. 410.263.2258 Psykodelik Images 407.834.4576 =
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= Paradise Lost 414.476.3181 (Your Board Here!@#$!) =
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= Digital Fallout 516.378.6640 Bad Trip 615-870-8805 =
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= Plan 9 716.881.3663 Deadly Intoxication 801.553.8644 =
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= Purple Hell 806.791.0747 Logikal Nonsence XXX.XXX.XXXX =
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= PuRe EViL (NUP) 905.XXX.XXXX The Keg 914.234.9674 = =
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= Files through Anonymous FTP: FTP.NETCOM.COM - cd /pub/il/illusion/fuck =
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= FTP.FC.NET - cd /pub/deadkat/misc/fuck =
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= FTP.WINTERNET.COM - cd /users/craigb/fuck =
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= http://www.ora.com:8080/johnl/e-zine-list/zines/fuck.html =
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