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HoHoCon 93 : Final Update
[Final Update - December 1, 1993]
[Please see the Miscellaneous Notes section for new information]
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dFx, Phrack Magazine and cDc - Cult Of The Dead Cow proudly present :
The Fourth Annual
H O H O C O N
"Cliff Stoll My K0DEZ!@$#!"
Who: All Hackers, Journalists, Security Personnel, Federal Agents,
Lawyers, Authors, Cypherpunks, Virtual Realists, Modem Geeks,
Telco Employees, and Other Interested Parties.
Where: Austin North Hilton & Towers and Super 8 Motel
6000 Middle Fiskville Road
Austin, Texas 78752
U.S.A.
Hilton : (800) 347-0330 / (512) 451-5757
Super 8: (800) 800-8000 / (512) 467-8163
When: Friday December 17 through Sunday December 19, 1993
What is HoHoCon?
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HoHoCon is the largest annual gathering of those in, related to, or
wishing to know more about the computer underground. Attendees generally
include some of the most notable members of the "hacking" and "telecom"
community, journalists, authors, security professionals, lawyers, and a
host of others. Previous speakers include John Draper (Cap'n Crunch), Ray
Kaplan, Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe), Bruce Sterling, and many more. The
conference is also one of the very few that is completely open to the
public and we encourage anyone who is interested to attend.
Hotel Information
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The Austin North Hilton recently split its complex into two seperate
hotels; the Hilton and the newly added Super 8. HoHoCon guests have the
choice of staying in either hotel. Group rates are as followed :
Super 8: Single - $46.50, Double - $49.50, Triple - $52.50, Quad - $55.50
Hilton : Single - $69.00, Double - $79.00, Triple - $89.00, Quad - $99.00
Once again, the hotel has set aside a block of rooms for the conference
and we recommend making your reservations as early as possible to
guarantee a room within the block, if not to just guarantee a room period.
Rooms for the handicapped are available upon request. To make your
reservations, call the the number listed above that corresponds with where
you are and where you want to stay and make sure you tell them you are
with the HoHoCon conference or else you'll end up throwing more money
away. The hotel accepts American Express, Visa, Master Card, Discover,
Diner's Club, and Carte Blanche credit cards.
Check-in is 3:00 p.m. and check-out is 12:00 noon. Earlier check-in is
available if there are unoccupied rooms available. Please note that in
order for the hotel to hold a room past 6:00 p.m. on the date of arrival,
the individual reservation must be secured by a deposit or guaranteed
with one of the credit cards listed above. Also, any cancellations of
guaranteed reservations must be made prior to 6:00 p.m. on the date of
arrival. You will be responsible for full payment of any guaranteed
reservations which are not cancelled by this time.
The hotel provides transportaton to and from the airport and will give
you full information when you make your reservations.
Directions
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For those of you who will be driving to the conference, the following
is a list of directions provided by the hotel (so, if they're wrong,
don't blame me):
Dallas : Take IH 35 south to exit 238-B, the Houston exit. At the first
stop light, turn right on to 2222. Turn off of 2222 onto Clayton
Lane (by the Greyhound Station). At the stop sign, turn right
onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
San Antonio : Take IH 35 north to exit 238-B, the Houston exit. At the
second stop light, turn left onto 2222. Turn off 2222 onto
Clayton Lane (by the Greyhoud Station). At the stop sign,
turn right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
Houston (on 290) : Take 290 west into Austin. Exit off of 290 at the IH35
exit (do not get on 35). Stay on the access road
heading west, you will pass two stop lights. Turn off
the access road onto Clayton Lane (by the Greyhound
Station). At the stop sign, turn right onto Middle
Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
Houston (on 71) : Take 71 west into Austin. Exit onto 183 north. Take
183 north to 290 west. Take 290 west to the IH 35 exit.
Exit off of 290 at the IH 35 exit (do not get on 35).
Stay on the access road heading west, you will pass two
stop lights. Turn off the access road onto Clayton Lane
(by the Greyhound Stattion). At the stop sign, turn
right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel in on the left.
Airport : Exit the airport parking lot and turn right onto Manor Road.
Take Manor Road to Airport Boulevard and turn right. Take
Airport Boulevard to IH 35 north. Take IH 35 to exit 238-B. At
the second stop light, turn left onto 2222. Turn off of 2222
onto Clayton Lane (by the Greyhound Station). At the stop sign,
turn right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
Call the hotel if these directions aren't complete enough or if you need
additional information.
Conference Details
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HoHoCon will last 3 days, with the actual conference being held on
Saturday, December 18 starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m.
or earlier depending on the number of speakers. The following is a
proposed time table and speaker/topic list :
10:00 - Introduction
10:15 - Ray Kaplan
Implementation of an Intrusion Tracking and Vulnerability
Reporting Database
To Hack or not to Hack - This is NOT the question
11:00 - Bruce Sterling (*)
11:15 - Cryptography Panel : Jim McCoy, Doug Barnes, John Draper
A general introduction to crypto, including methods and history
Current crypto debates and discussions : Clipper, Exports, etc.
The importance of cryptography/encryption
Q&A : Legal notes provided by Steve Ryan and other lawyers.
12:00 - John Draper (Cap'n Crunch)
Hacking and Phreaking in the USSR - Part 2
The Rave Scene / Draper's Dance Demonstration
More interesting stories from the old days
Exercise Tips / Fun with Towels
1:30 - Steve Jackson
(We're not exactly sure what Steve will be speaking on, but my
guess is that the SJG case and io.com will bth be covered)
2:00 - Intermission
2:30 - Raffle
2:45 - Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe)
Goggans' Guide to Gifs
Where to find the good stuff : A introduction to FSP
Why I love Germany and the Netherlands
PoP/FoF : Purveyours of Porn / Followers of Filth
(Actually, we have no earthly idea what he's speaking on)
3:30 - Lex Luthor
The LoD Com project
3:45 - Darren McKeeman
How to turn a computer conviction into a journalism career
4:15 - DJKC (*)
Why printing out /etc/passwd can be a bad idea, aKa
How I got kicked out of school
4:45 - Onkeld (Stefan)
The European scene / Current happenings
An intorduction to BlueBEEP
5:00 - Steve Ryan
Legalities for 94 / Your rights
EFH - Electronic Frontier Houston
Legal Q&A
5:30 - Beavis & Butt-Head
This conference sucks
A (*) denotes that these speakers are not 100% confirmed as of yet, but
there is a very good chance they will be speaking. There will also be more
speakers added during the conference. We are still taking submissions, so
if you would like to speak during the conference, please mail us as soon
as possible and include a brief outline of what you would like to speak
on and a rough estimate of how long you will need.
We would like to have people bring interesting items and videos again this
year. If you have anything you think people would enjoy having the chance
to see, please let us know ahead of time, and tell us if you will need any
help getting it to the conference. If all else fails, just bring it to the
con and give it to us when you arrive. Any organization or individual that
wants to bring flyers to distribute during the conference may do so. You
may also send your flyers to us ahead of time if you can not make it to
the conference and we will distribute them for you. Left over flyers are
included with information packets and orders that we send out, so if you
want to send extras, go ahead.
Cost
----
Unlike smaller, less informative conferences, we do not ask you to shell
out hundreds of dollars just to get in the door, nor do we take your money
and then make you sleep in a tent. We are maintaining the motto of "give
$5 if you can", but due to the incredibly high conference room rate this
year, we may step up to "$5 minimum required donation" or "give us $5 or
we'll smash your head in". Five dollars is an outrageously low price
compared to the suit infested industry conferences or even the new "Cons
are k00l and trendy, I gotta do one too!" conferences that are charging
up to $50 for admission alone.
To encourage people to donate, we will once again be having our wonderless
"Raffle For The Elite" during the conference.
Miscellaneous Notes
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Video cameras will *NOT* be allowed inside the conference room, except
for the people who have received prior consent to film. Still photos
are fine as each speaker will announce whether he or she minds them
being taken.
The minimum required donation is $5. This basically means that there is
a definite cover charge this year. Everyone who attends will receive one
raffle ticket with more available for an additional cost. Anyone who
whines about the door cost will be severly beaten with a bat.
Raffle prizes include two computer systems (one is a brand new Packard
Bell 486 and the other is a complete package with monitor and printer),
one flip phone and one brick phone, an autographed copy of Guy Kawasaki's
"Computer Curmudgeon", "Terminal Compromise" by Winn Schwartau, 6 tapes
(36 hours) of poorly edited cheesy hotel porn, an autographed 'Dazed &
Confused' velvet black-light poster, subscriptions to major and not so
major computer/telecommunications magazines, assorted t-shirts and
videos, and numerous other items including those we don't know of yet.
Although nobody will ever believe this until they see it, one of the
major prizes this year is a 4x4 Jeep used by Brandon and Brenda Walsh
(Jason Priestly and Shannen Dougherty) of Beverly Hills 90210. Yes,
ladies and gentlemen, we are giving away a BRAND NEW CAR.
The starting time of the conference has changed from 11:00 a.m. to
10:00 a.m. Keep this in mind when pondering whether or not to down yet
another bottle of Wild Turkey or Mad Dog 20/20 on Friday night.
HoHoCon '93 shirts, as well as last year's video and a new version of the
I Love Feds shirt, will be available during the conference. The shirts
are $15 and the video is $20. We have also added XXL for all you big
folks. If you are unable to attend the conference and wish to obtain
any of these items, you may either mail us for more information or
send a check or money order payable to O.I.S. to the address listed
below. Include $3 per order (not per item) for shipping.
For those who have been asking, I do not expect it to be too cold
during the conference. The weather has been fairly nice as of late.
Due to a major hard disk crash, Metalland Southwest (the HoHoCon BBS) is
down until further notice. Please mail us if you would like information
There will be a small, all female S&M/Bondage presentation on Saturday
night in one of the hospitality suites. Please bring numerous one dollar
bills. Also, keep this in mind when considering purchasing the HoHoCon 93
video.
Peter Shipley and John Draper have expressed interest in exchanging PGP
keys with other attendess this year. If you wish to partake in this
activity, bring your key along with you, preferably on a IBM/MS-DOS
floppy.
Those of you driving from Houston that wish to join to HoHoConvoy which
leaves for Austin on Friday morning should call the HoHoCon VMB and
leave a message with a contact number.
By attending the conference, you are consenting to being filmed and
photographed and having your ugly likeness used in any fashion I deem
appropriate.
The HoHoCon sluggo mail address has changed slightly. Due to mail
constantly being delivered to the wrong box or being returned because
slight addressing mistakes, the box number has been removed and an
attention line added. If you have had problems mailing us recently,
try again with the new address listed below.
Correspondence
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If anyone requires any additional information, needs to ask any questions,
wants to RSVP, wants to order anything, or would like to be added to the
mailing list to receive the HoHoCon updates, you may mail us at:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
drunkfux@5285 (WWIV Net)
or via sluggo mail at:
O.I.S.
ATTN: HoHoCon
1310 Tulane
Houston, Texas
77008-4106
We also have a VMB which includes all the conference information and is
probably the fastest way to get updated reports. The number is:
713-867-9544
Those of you with net access can ftp to cypher.com and find all the
HoHoCon information available in /pub/hohocon. The .gifs from previous
cons are *not* currently online.
Same stupid ending statement from last year to make us look good
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HoHoCon '93 will be a priceless learning experience for professionals and
gives journalists a chance to gather information and ideas direct from the
source. It is also one of the very few times when all the members of the
computer underground can come together for a realistic purpose. We urge
people not to miss out on an event of this caliber, which doesn't happen
very often. If you've ever wanted to meet some of the most famous people
from the hacking community, this may be your one and only chance. Don't
wait to read about it in all the magazines and then wish you had been
there, make your plans to attend now! Be a part of what we hope to be our
largest and greatest conference ever.