How did you get the network here in the middle of the field (10Gbps). By The NOC team
Internet was provided by XS4ALL, BIT and OpenTransit. There were direct peering connections with Akamai, Google and Giganews.
First problem: how do you get from Vierhouten to Amsterdam? In Vierhouten you have several options:
• 3KM fibers to Nunspeet
• There are two fibers of KPN and UPC in Vierhouten
KPN provided a link from Amsterdam to Putten, Putten to Harderwijk, Harderwijk to Hunnen, Hunnen to Uddel, Uddel to Vierhouten. Last 650m was put there by the NOC team themselves.
Cables used:
• 560m SMF
• 3.5 KM MMF
• 15KM Cat 5e
• 5Km rope.
One of the biggest challenges: putting fiber in trees.
Network equipment needed:
• 1 * Foundry MLX 8 – Core
• 4 * Mach 4002 – Distribution
• 44 * HP Procurve – Access
Dixie toilets acted as Datenklos because they can be locked and are watertight. A datenklos lock can be picked in less than 5 seconds.
The NOC team did not receive a single abuse call during the entire event.
Nice hacks during HAR2009:
• WPAD. Set via DynamicDNS to wpad.visitors.har2009.net and you will get a lot of traffic for his proxy server.
• One report of a MitM attack in the lounge
Wireless equipment:
• 30 Cisco 1131 ap’s
• 30 Cisco 1242 ap’s
• 2 WLC 4404 controllers
• 1 WCS Server
• 1 Location appliance
Total value 170,000 Euro’s
The Location appliance can be used to locate users. There were about 1500 unique users and a peak of 700 simultaneous users. There were quite a few rogue wireless access points.
