Chaos Communication Camp HOWTO/FAQ 2.0 (english)
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Last Modified: 28.7.1999
Maintained by: Tim Pritlove <tim@ccc.de>
Posting-Frequency: Random
Language: English
Change Log:
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2.0: (Assumed to be the final FAQ release)
Camp Feature Availability Chart [1.5]
Electrical Power [4.8]
FM radio station [1.3]
1.4: IPv6 [4.7]
cable lengths [2.3]
1.3: Kids [2.7|
Route description corrected [2.1]
Typos fixed.
Details changed [4.1]
1.2: RFC URL changed [4.5]
Port speed statement, backbone hints removed [4.1]
Notes for disabled persons added [2.6]
Numbering for chapter 4 fixed.
Wireless Ethernet available [4.3, 4.4]
Leisure Lounge [1.3]
Translation volunteers wanted [1.8]
1.1: Network speed added [4.1]
Vegetarian food available [2.3]
No fishing or scuba diving [2.3]
1.0: initial public release
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C H A O S C O M M U N I C A T I O N C A M P
near Berlin, 6.-8.8.1999
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0. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 What is the Chaos Communication Camp?
1.2 Who is organizing it?
1.3 What is going on at the camp?
1.4 How can I help?
1.5 When shall I come?
1.6 Is it worth coming to the Camp when I don't know
1.7 Press
1.8 Language Issues
2. PRACTICAL INFORMATION
2.1 How do I get to the campsite?
2.2 Where can I find somebody to take me to the camp?
2.3 What shall I bring with me?
2.4 What shall I leave at home?
2.5 What if it rains?
2.6 Notes for disabled persons
2.7 Can I bring my kids?
3. TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS
3.1 A word about money
3.2 How much is the entrance fee?
3.3 Payment and Registration
3.4 Insurance and security issues
3.5 Currency Issues
4. CAMPNET
4.1 General Information
4.2 Ethics
4.3 How do I connect to CAMPnet?
4.4 What computer can I use?
4.5 How do I get my IP address?
4.6 What protocols can I use?
4.7. Can I use IPv6?
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0. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
===========================
Some time ago, the extraordinary space ship Heart Of Gold
was on its way through milky way hovering along the galaxy's
beautiful asteroid belts and romantic star fogs. Everything
was fine and looking great.
As the crew wanted to return from their trip, the board
computer started to misbehave significantly: the ship
materialized at a quite uninteresting spot of that galaxy,
somewhere between the stars Sol and Alpha Centauri.
The ship needed repair and the crew looked out for help in
the neighbourhood. they established communication with a
couple of hackers on planet earth who offered assistance in
fixing the ship's infrastructure. the crew agreed on a
three-day reconstruction trip to that funky looking blue
planet.
In August 1999 the Heart Of Gold will enter earth orbit and
the crew will enter a shuttle to land on planet earth near
Berlin, Germany. debugging will start immediately...
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
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1.1 What is the Chaos Communication Camp?
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The Chaos Communication Camp is a three-day, open-air
hacking event for nerds, hackers and phreaks from all over
the world. The camp will take place from August 6th to
August 8th, 1999 on a field near Altlandsberg, a place
pretty close to Berlin, Germany.
The Camp is meant for people who have fun in hacking,
exchanging ideas, enjoying technology and communication.
People will come to enjoy being together and working
together. We encourage everybody to come as early as
possible and to stay for the whole time. There will be no
day tickets.
We will provide the infrastructure for a complete and
satisfying hacking experience: enough electricity and an
Ethernet for every tent. There will be on-site facilities
for getting good food and refreshing drinks at a fair price.
There is no need to leave the camp once you are there.
There will be a 34MbIt/s connection to the Internet for the
whole CAMPnet network. You can bring your computer equipment
to the camp site and hook it up to the CAMPnet network and
the Internet.
If you don't want to operate your computer in your tent, you
can put it up in the big hackcenter tent. Two additional
tents will offer various lectures, workshops, speeches and
whatever comes up when everything is going to happen.
Along the field, a lake invites you to relax in the sun. If
you like, you can combine your stay at the camp with a trip
to southern Germany, Austria or Hungary to see the solar
eclipse 99 at august, 11th.
This is going to be fun!
1.2 Who is organizing it?
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The Camp is organized by members and friends of the Chaos
Computer Club, Germany. The Club is well-known for its
annual Chaos Communication Congress at every year's end.
Being infected by the HIP-spirit, we decided to add a summer
camp to our portfolio.
Although a core crew is going to organize the most important
stuff, your help is appreciated everywhere. If somebody asks
you to help, please put your energy in this event to make
everything as great as we like it to be. Thank you.
1.3 What is going on at the camp?
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There will many different things going on at the Camp. First
of all, almost every participant is a project for itself:
the Camp is about sharing information, getting together and
exchanging ideas and visions.
But that is not all. The Camp will have "villages", areas of
special interest in certain topics. Among them will be a
cryptography area, chipcards/reengineering, art & beauty
village (graphics and music), free software and lockpicking.
Adding to that, many people will develop their own activity
at the camp. If you like to do something that might attract
other, set up a project page.
There will be a FM radio station (Radio Intergalaktik)
operating at 93,9 MHz. Don't forget to bring your FM radio
receivers. In addition, there will be a leisure lounge near
the lake with music and a bar to relax and count the fnords.
1.4 How can I help?
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First of all, think about what you like to do at the camp.
Join with your friends to organize your stuff. Grab your
favorite technology and bring it to the camp. The better you
are prepared, the more fun you will have.
In addition, think about what you can do for us. Many things
will have to be put up to make the Camp start: tents,
electricity, the field network. If you want to volunteer to
build up the camp, feel free to join the crew a couple of
days before (see 1.5).
And: tell your friends about the Camp. Point them to our web
site. And, if you have some CPU cycles left, why not donate
them to the CCC-RC5-Cracking-Team
(http://rc5stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=10397)?
1.5 When shall I come?
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The Camp will start at August 6th and will end at August
8th. Anyway, it is good advice to arrive at least one day
earlier so that you are not busy looking for a place and
putting up your tent when everything starts.
One day before will do the job. If you are putting up a
larger tent or if you are coming with a camper, please
arrange to arrive August 4th the latest. Campers won't be
allowed to get on the field if you are coming later.
A good overview on what features you can expect is provided
by our "camp feature availability chart". Please have a look
at
http://www.ccc.de/camp/chart.html
If you have enough spare time and you want to help us
building up the infrastructure, you are free to come at
August 2nd or later. Please notify the crew that you are
willing to help so that we can coordinate. Your help is
appreciated.
1.6 Is it worth coming to the Camp when I don't know
anything about computers?
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The Camp is about information technology and the Internet,
both in a technical as in a social and political sense. It
is not the event to buy a computer or get advice on buying
one, and there're not going to be any beginner courses on
using the Internet. If you're not into networking of some
sort, you'll
think it's boring.
But if you're very technically inclined, part of some remote
community on the edge of the net, or if the politics
surrounding information technology are just your thing, the
Camp is definitely made for you (and by you, we hope).
1.7 Press
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Press is allowed at the camp. However, all journalists must
wear a special badge and filming and photographing at the
camp is not possible. We have prepared extensive photo and
video material. Detailed press information can be found at
http://www.ccc.de/camp/press.html
1.8 Language Issues
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The camp will be an international event. we expect people to
come from all over Europe, from across the oceans and across
the galaxy.
Obviously most people will be native german speakers, but
almost everybody around here speaks the Internet language as
well, so you shouldn't be worried if you do not understand
german at all.
All official information on the camp will be bilingual
(english/german). Many workshops and lectures will be held
in english, some in german. We strongly encourage everybody
doing a speech or workshop to find a way to address english
speakers as well. If you can speak both english and german
well, please volunteer if need for translation arises.
If you are from outer space, don't forget to reinstall your
bable fish.
2. PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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2.1 How do I get to the campsite?
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The camp site is a place called "Paulshof" near the town of
Altlandsberg in the east of Berlin, Germany. It is a 30km
drive from Berlin center. If you have a GPS receiver, point
it to the following coordinates:
N 52° 34' 48"
E 13° 41' 31"
Best is to either have, rent or borrow a car because it will
be the easiest way to bring your stuff and get to the
campsite. You can get to Altlandsberg using trains and a bus
but so far we can't say if there will be a shuttle bus to
bring you to the camp site.
a) Coming from Berlin
Starting in Berlin, you just follow the Road "Landsberger
Allee" through Marzahn, Hellersdorf, Hönow and Seeberg
straight on to Altlandsberg. Stay on the main route through
town center following the signs to Seefeld/Krummensee. Signs
pointing to the Camp will guide you from there.
Complete maps can be found at:
http://www.ccc.de/camp/maps.html
b) Coming from somewhere
If you are not starting in Berlin just get to the A10
highway that encloses Berlin in a circle. Proceed to exit 3
(Berlin-Marzahn/Seeberg) east of Berlin and follow the road
to Altlandsberg. Follow the route description from there.
2.2 Where can I find somebody to take me to the camp?
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There will be one or more dedicated web servers offering
lift to the camp site. Just have a look on
http://www.ccc.de/camp/links.html
You might also use our discussion forum to ask for people
going you way
http://www.ccc.de/camp/forum.html
2.3 What shall I bring with me?
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Good question. Always keep in mind that this is a three-day
open-air event. So you should be prepared. This list might
prove helpful to determine your needs.
First of all, don't forget that we are building a network
out there. So bring electricity cables, sockets in the
largest quantity you can get and transport. The same goes
for ethernet cables because they might be in short supply
when you are about to hook up new equipment. Distributino
points for electricity and network are usually not further
away than 30 meters.
Most important: hubs, hubs, hubs. As a rule of thumb, try to
bring more ports than you think you might use for your stuff
so you can help out others in your neighborhood. If you're
paranoid, an uninterruptible power is a must. If not, you
can rely on the generators :-)
Some outdoor equipment might be helpful: torches, a tool
set, sun milk, lighters. Don't forget your tent and a
sleeping bag. If you have a small boat or other floating
devices, they might prove useful on the lake along the
field. Fishing and scuba diving is not allowed, sorry.
The Camp will offer enough food and drinks for everyone
(vegetarian food will be available too). There is no need to
bring a fully equipped fridge with you. If you're cool, you
add a bunch of garbage bags to your equipment.
2.4 What shall I leave at home?
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We want to keep the place as tidy as possible during the
three days. So please don't bring cans or other avoidable
litter with you. If you do, please take it with you when you
leave.
We're sorry, but no dogs will be allowed at the Camp.
2.5 What if it rains?
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Although weather has proven to be quite good in that area in
last years in August, there is always a chance for a rainy
day. If you don't want to put up your computer in your tent,
you can put it up in the big hackcenter tent which has a
wooden floor and tables and chairs.
There are a couple of other bigger tents on the field where
you might find a place as well if your tent is for sleeping
only. Just go ahead and ask people if you can join.
Electricity and network infrastructure will be build up to
be working even if weather conditions aren't that good. In
other words: there will be fun even if the sun doesn't like
us.
But don't panic. Weather will be fine :-)
2.6 Notes for disabled persons
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The camping area is not ideal for disabled persons with
wheelchair, but you should have a chance to get along the
small roads we build with a little help from other persons.
The main tents all have a solid wooden floor making
navigation easy. We will provide a special toilet for
disabled persons at a central area.
2.7 Can I bring my kids?
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There is no problem bringing your kids with you. We will
have a kindergarden tent allowing the parents to
self-organize supervision for their kids. Kids of age under
12 that accompany their parents do not have to pay the
entrance fee. Please bring some proof of age.
3. TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS
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3.1 A word about money
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The Chaos Communication Camp is an open-air, high-tech
event. That means, we will set up equipment on a place not
designed for nerdy toys. Preparing electricity, sanitation,
tents and organization for the whole event is a _very_
expensive thing.
The Camp is not for making us rich. It is meant to make us
(and you) happy. We are happy, if everybody has fun _and_ we
can pay the bill.
With your entrance fee, you are paying a significant part of
the whole, but not everything. We have tried to settle on a
price we find both acceptable for participating in a
three-day high-tech camping event and enough to ensure
everything gets paid.
Apart from food and drinks, there is nothing else on the
Camp you have to pay for: electricity, internet, sanitation
or participation in any event is free once you have passed
the entrance. Pricing for food and drinks will be fair and
everything we think you'll need at the Camp will be there so
there is no need to leave the camp site during the event.
3.2 How much is the entrance fee?
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There are two entrance fees: one for volunteers and one for
business visitors. Volunteers pay DEM 150 INCLUDING tax,
business visitors pay DEM 1500 PLUS tax. The entrance fee is
for all three days, there will be no day tickets. There is a
discount of DM 20 for volunteers paying in advance (see
3.3).
So how do you know if you are a volunteer or a business
visitor?
A. volunteer
If you are an ordinary hacker, nerd, phreak, acitivst,
scholar or whatever, you might want to apply for a volunteer
ticket. A volunteer is the "ordinary" participant on the
Camp. The Camp is a volunteer driven effort and you can join
helping us building up the infrastructure.
B. business/government
If you are rich or working for a company or government that
wants you at the Camp because there is a lot to learn or you
have a certain commercial interest, you should apply for the
big ticket. This will help us and you won't be asked to dig
holes or to climb on trees. In addition, you will get a nice
bill for your bookkeeping department.
3.3 Payment and Registration
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In order to get a ticket for the camp, you should register
using the form at our camp site web page and transfer the
money to our bank account. Please make sure your payment
gets to our bank account at 23.7.99 by the latest. If your
payment trickles in later, it won't be accepted.
http://www.ccc.de/camp/register.html
Access to the camp is limited: we are prepared to host
around 1500-2000 people at the Camp. If more people come and
the space gets too crowded, we might have to close our
doors. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
If you want to make sure you will be allowed to come in, you
should better pay your ticket in advance. In addition, this
will help us a lot in financing everything because many
things have to be paid in advance.
3.4 Insurance and security issues
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Please understand that we can't provide any insurance for
your equipment at the Camp. You will have to keep an eye on
your stuff and you shouldn't spread your electronics across
the Camp. Always keep your things at a place you think you
have under control.
We will however have a security team that will have a look
on lost things and will try to prevent unnecessary lossage
of valuables at the Camp. The parking area will be watched
by a security team as well.
3.5 Currency Issues
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The currency on the Camp is DM (German Marks). No other
currencies will be accepted at the entrance or food outlets.
Please make sure you have enough money in cash because no
cheques or credit cards will be accepted and we can't
provide money exchange services.
4. CAMPNET
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4.1 General Information
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The Camp will have an Ethernet-based open-air computer
network capable of connecting every tent. The CAMPnet will
be connected to the Internet with a 34 MBit/s wireless link.
We will try to provide 100 MBit/s ports to those who request
it, but we can't garantuee this at this time.
Everybody's help is needed to succeed in this effort. We
need lots of cables, hubs and switches, so bring everything
with you you can get hold of. Ask your company to donate
spare parts if possible.
The field network headquarter (FHQ) will care about the
on-site field network with a crew responsible for digital
wiring and another crew responsible for electricity.
4.2 Ethics
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The Camp will be a big event with many computers and many
people exchanging files and having communication in
presumably any possible form.
Our experience gained at the Chaos Communication Congress
and other computer parties has shown us that more and more
people are interested in playing around with "hacker tools",
trying to explore other's systems. While we have no
objections on gaining knowledge on almost any of these
things, we think you should think twice, if flooding,
teardropping or other attacks are really bringing you closer
to heaven.
In addition, please keep in mind that this is a legal open
event. The Camp is not a place for distributing warez
(copyrighted materials) or entering other people's computers
- especially outside CAMPnet.
To protect your personal privacy, be sure to encrypt all
network traffic containing sensitive password information
like TELNET or POP3 sessions.
4.3 How do I connect to CAMPnet?
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All you need is a computer with an Ethernet interface with
Twisted Pair (RJ-45) connector. While we will not build up
any infrastructure for Coax connectors,
you can still use older ethernet cards using a hub you or
somebody in your neighborhood must supply.
In addition, there will be a couple of 2 MBit/s Wireless
Ethernet (IEEE 802.11) access points covering the whole camp
site. If you have IEEE 802.11 compatible client equipment
(PC cards or whatever) you will have a chance to hook up
without any wires!
4.4 What computer can I use?
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You can bring any computer you want to the Camp. We don't
care if you use a PC, a Mac, a Cray or a Symbolics LISP
machine. As long as the system can run with 230V, 50Hz and
it will be fine.
If you want to connect to the CAMPnet you need a working
Ethernet or wireless Ethernet interface. If you want to do
Internet, a functioning IPv4 protocol stack (standard
TCP/IP) must be present.
Laptops and Notebooks will have great value because you
carry them around and have Internet wherever you want. If
you have wireless Ethernet, you are the lucky one.
4.5 How do I get my IP address?
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At HIP a system called "peg-dhcp" was developed and has
proven to be very effective. We will adopt the system now
properly described in RFC 2322:
<ftp://ftp.ripe.net/rfc/rfc2322.txt>
This means: you will get your IP address on a wooden peg at
the Field Network Headquarter (FHQ) tent on the Camp site.
Clip the peg to your ethernet cable and configure your
system according to the accompanying info sheet.
4.6 What protocols can I use?
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We are not blocking any protocols on the CAMPnet. This
means, you can use AppleTalk, DECnet, IPX/SPX, SNA or
whatever you find appropriate.
However, if you want to connect to the Internet, TCP/IP is
mandatory :-)
4.7. Can I use IPv6?
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You can use IPv6 on the Camp if your computer supports it.
We were assigned the IPv6 network 3FFE:400:901::/64 for the
usage on the Camp. We will not give out specific IPv6 host
adresses to you, as the host-part of this network is 64bit
wide, which will allow everyone to use simply the MAC-adress
of his network card as the host part of his address.
Our local ipv6 gateway is connected to the 6bone over a
gateway we will provide. this gateway will tunnel your IPv6
packages over IPv4 to our 6BONE-Upstream.
4.8 Electrical Power
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We are building a electricity network with a couple of big
generators. Overall capacity is targeted to provide each
participant with 200W of power. Each tent can directly
connect to one of the power distribution points which should
not be far away (<30m).
If you install a bigger tent with multiple devices that use
more than 200W, talk to the field network crew and get a
dedicated power line to your tent. Try to bring your own
long power cable. There is a chance you can rent a cable at
FHQ.
Please do not operate huge power consuming devices. big
refrigerators are not allowed and smaller devices should
only be operated after having talked to the field network
power crew.
Have fun at the camp!