Shmoocon Labs 2025

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shmoocon-wpa

Need to make a login for the shmoocon-wpa network? Go here!

News

2025-01-08 - You're early! The ShmooCon WPA signup will be open once the conference starts!

Labs

ShmooCon Labs is the group of staff, vendors, and volunteer attendees who make the ShmooCon network.

Labs acts as the NOC (Network Operations Center) for Shmoocon, and provides the wired, wireless, streaming networks, and other network infrastructure.

Wi-Fi WPA Logins

Need an account for the shmoocon-wpa network?

Make an account here

Wi-Fi

Shmoocon runs two Wi-Fi networks:

  • shmoocon - This network is open, with no encryption.
  • shmoocon-wpa - This network uses WPA-PEAP encryption. To use this network, you need to create an account and configure your system for WPA-PEAP.

Instructions for different operating systems are here

Regardless of which network you use, we recommend running a VPN, SSH, or taking other protective measures.

VPN

We STRONGLY recommend you use a VPN, SSH tunneling, or other strong encryption, regardless of if you use the open Wi-Fi network or the WPA network. It’s not just a good idea at a con, but in general.

There are plenty of commercial VPN services out there, or you can easily create your own; some good resources include:

  • Digital Ocean OpenVPN, an excellent tutorial for getting OpenVPN running on a DO Droplet (or on any other system)
  • AlGo, the Trail of Bits automatic VPN building and provisioning tool

It’s always a good idea to get a VPN up and running, configured on your devices, and tested, before you need it at the con, so get cracking!