Another DEF CON is in the books.

Overall, it was a bit of a dip. I think the change of things lead to a lot of unknowns, and it shows in the stats:

  • 25% less interwebz bits
  • 15% less registered users on wifi
  • 10% less concurrent users on wifi

For full information, see the slides.

A couple of incidents to follow up on, but probably the most impactful is to the core. Our firewall is giving up the ghost. We bought this one back in 2014, so 10 years seems to be a more than reasonable time of service. We will be sure to give it a proper Viking funeral and send it across the Rainbow Bridge.

(Planned) New gear this year:

  • core switch
  • dozen more edge switches
  • oh, and the whole freakin’ facility
    • including 650 Access Points

For a new space, everything went exceptionally well. The DEF CON NOC team completed the their work…not only did they complete it…they did it faster, and more efficiently than we have ever. These people are simply the best of the best. The team work, the helping hands, the consistent team spirit in the face of staggering pressure and odds has been out standing.

Thanks to the entire NOC crew: miked, c7five, booger, deadication, dp1i, crv, jon2, wish, strange, k4tn155, toph, commiebstrd, duffguy, tater, meibo, and johntitor. And a special thanks to NOC lead emeritus and still active NOC goon, effffn!

The operations group at DC should also be commended for putting on what could be arguably the best DefCon ever! Thanks to DT, Janet, Nikita, Mo and GAG LAB Department Leads, QM, every other goon, and to all of you.

To Cox, thank you guys for being there. Your dedication to getting it done is not only critical to our success, but building new relationships with ground crews is hard and your guys were always rad!

Thanks to the LVCVA for hosting and working with us. We love the site and look forward to many DEF CONs to come.

Thanks for all the lulz, and see ya next year,

sparky and mac

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