What the Hack
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What The Hack was an outdoor hacker conference held in Liempde
, Netherlands
between the 28th and 31st of July, 2005. It is an event in a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Hacking at the End of the Universe in 1993, Hacking In Progress in 1997 and Hackers At Large in 2001 and followed by Hacking at Random
in 2009.
Over 2000 hackers visited the event to participate in an exchange on several technical, social and philosophical matters of importance to the technically inclined community.
Visitors from all over the world arrived at the Camp Ground including groups of such diversity as OpenBSD
developers, the German Chaos Computer Club
, members of the 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
hackergroup, and numerous smaller groups and organisations in addition.
While planning the event, there were several issues with the local government attempting to cancel the event because of "the risk for public security".
Several smaller events were embedded in or inspired by this event like the Hacktrain, which was planned to travel there, as well as the local radio station, and the smaller Police village which featured specialists from their IT
Department, as well as interested government parties. Peg DHCP
(RFC 2322) was used during the event to allocate IP addresses. The method had been first devised and used at Hacking In Progress.
Lectures and events included:
Liempde
Liempde is a village in the Netherlands in the municipality Boxtel. Annually the Flevo Christian music festival is held here. In 2005 the event What the Hack took place in Liempde....
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
between the 28th and 31st of July, 2005. It is an event in a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Hacking at the End of the Universe in 1993, Hacking In Progress in 1997 and Hackers At Large in 2001 and followed by Hacking at Random
Hacking at Random
Hacking at Random was an outdoor hacker conference that took place in The Netherlands from August 13 to August 16, 2009.It was situated on a large camp-site near the small town Vierhouten in The Netherlands called the Paasheuvel...
in 2009.
Attendance
The organising name was "HEX 2005", however, it was later renamed to "WTH 2005".Over 2000 hackers visited the event to participate in an exchange on several technical, social and philosophical matters of importance to the technically inclined community.
Visitors from all over the world arrived at the Camp Ground including groups of such diversity as OpenBSD
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
developers, the German Chaos Computer Club
Chaos Computer Club
The Chaos Computer Club is an organization of hackers. The CCC is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries.The CCC describes itself as "a galactic community of life forms, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of...
, members of the 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
2600: The Hacker Quarterly
2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground" and left wing, and sometimes ,...
hackergroup, and numerous smaller groups and organisations in addition.
While planning the event, there were several issues with the local government attempting to cancel the event because of "the risk for public security".
Several smaller events were embedded in or inspired by this event like the Hacktrain, which was planned to travel there, as well as the local radio station, and the smaller Police village which featured specialists from their IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Department, as well as interested government parties. Peg DHCP
Peg DHCP
Peg DHCP is a method defined in RFC 2322 to assign IP addresses in a context where regular DHCP wouldn't work. The "server" hands out wooden clothes-pegs numbered with the IPs to allocate and an additional leaflet with network information...
(RFC 2322) was used during the event to allocate IP addresses. The method had been first devised and used at Hacking In Progress.
Lectures and events included:
- Reverse engineering Microsoft .NET
- Cyborgs: Practical Experimentation
- Attacks on Digital Passports
- Using Linux for Embedded Devices
- Doing a WiFi Long-Shot
- Symbian Security
- Do We Run Out of Oil?
- How to Lower Electricity Consumption in Your Home
- The Politics of Psychedelic Research
See also
- Previous conference : Hackers At Large (2001)
- Next conference: Hacking at Random (2009)Hacking at RandomHacking at Random was an outdoor hacker conference that took place in The Netherlands from August 13 to August 16, 2009.It was situated on a large camp-site near the small town Vierhouten in The Netherlands called the Paasheuvel...
- Hacker con
- MTV What the Hack!MTV What the Hack!MTV What the Hack! is a TV show that airs on MTV India. The first season of the show premiered on MTV India on 18 October 2009 and concluded on 7 February 2010. The show talks about interesting things that people can do with computers, the Internet, and technology. It is hosted by Ankit Fadia and...
- is a TV show on MTV India co-hosted by VJ Jose & Ankit FadiaAnkit FadiaAnkit Fadia is an independent computer security consultant. He runs a program on computer security for corporates in alliance with Reliance Info.-Biography:He started a website called "HackingTruths"....
Media coverage
- The What The Hack press page (contains links to many articles, mostly in Dutch or German).