Welcome to DEF CON; many of us were going before you were born (or not far behind). Get off our lawn, and out of the way of our Rascal scooters.
With that out of the way, there's a question that needs to be answered: what happens when today's hacker is faced with the challenge of a quarter-century ago? Broadband in 1989 meant 9600 baud; BBSes were your network unless you were at college. Payphones were an anonymous conduit onto world-accessible systems, and the network that presented them to you was itself both beautiful and flawed, yet brilliant at the same time.
Here's the basic idea: you get a phone jack. One, two-wire, RJ-11 jack. From there, you have to pwn. Hints will be given, and there will be clues to obtain... But you have to figure the rest out for yourself. And remember: thou shalt not phreak from thine home phone.
That said, we're open to ideas. If you have any, feel free to mention them here. If they work in the context of the contest, we'll include them with appropriate credit.
With that out of the way, there's a question that needs to be answered: what happens when today's hacker is faced with the challenge of a quarter-century ago? Broadband in 1989 meant 9600 baud; BBSes were your network unless you were at college. Payphones were an anonymous conduit onto world-accessible systems, and the network that presented them to you was itself both beautiful and flawed, yet brilliant at the same time.
Here's the basic idea: you get a phone jack. One, two-wire, RJ-11 jack. From there, you have to pwn. Hints will be given, and there will be clues to obtain... But you have to figure the rest out for yourself. And remember: thou shalt not phreak from thine home phone.
That said, we're open to ideas. If you have any, feel free to mention them here. If they work in the context of the contest, we'll include them with appropriate credit.
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