36C3¶

This page exists to coordinate the Retro-BBS setup at 36C3, the 36th annual Chaos Communication Congress

The "BBS-Revival / Retronetworking" assembly

• has been registered at https://signup.c3assemblies.de/assembly/050e89eb-841d-4722-a640-c2b2eba695b
• has a 36C3 event wiki page at https://events.ccc.de/congress/2019/wiki/index.php/Assembly:Retronetworking_/_BBS-Revival

There's also a related thread on the mailing list, see http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/bbs-revival/2019-October/000014.html

WTF? How can I use this setup?¶

Physical Connection to our telephony network¶

First you have to get physically connected:

• you can bring your own computer/terminal and modem and connect to our PBX via anlog (POTS) or ISDN (S0)
• you can bring your own computer and borrow a modem (and USB Serial adapter) to connect
• you can simply use one of the retro laptops we set up with modems attached

What can I dial into?¶

You can dial the number 03111 from both ISDN and analog lines. If the dial-up connection works, you will receive a "login:" prompt which we use to differentiate services:

User	Purpose
ppp	You get a dynamically allocated IPv4 address over PPP and can use dial-up internet at up to 64kBps
vert	You get forwarded to Vertrauen BBS, home of the Synchronet BBS software
kuehlbox	You get forwarded to Kuehlbox BBS

See Services

Equipment used in this setup¶

• PBX with analog and ISDN ports
• Livingston Portmaster 3 RAS with DSP cards (30 modems)
• FreeSWITCH with 4-port DAHDI E1 card using FreeTDM + libpri to interconnect both above
• Synchronet BBS by LaF0rge
• Various analog modems

Who¶

• Harald "LaF0rge" Welte