OpenVPN Hackathon 2015
who
This year's hackathon is organized by Steffan Karger (syzzer) and sponsored by Fox-IT.
We will stick to the format of the previous years, which means attendance is in principle limited to "active developers that are also regularly contributing to #openvpn-devel or the mailing list". We should have enough space in the meeting room for ~16 devs.
who is coming?
| Name | Topics | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steffan Karger | Crypto stuff | ∞ | ∞ |
| Gert Döring | IPv6 RGI | Fri around 14:30 | Sun, around 13:00-13:30 |
| Jan Just Keijser | PKCS!#11, speed | Fri morning | Sun, late afternoon |
| Arne Schwabe | IPv6/IPv4 Handover | Thr | Sun 14:35 train |
| Samuli Seppänen | OpenVPN 2.4/3.x | Fri afternoon | Sun, ~15:30 |
| Lev Stipakov | inotify, occ_server_exit, etc | Thr evening | Sun, ~15:30 |
| David Sommerseth | systemd, user/pass auth | Thu afternoon (KL1144) | Mon, early morning (KL1145) |
| Adriaan de Jong | Crypto stuff, planning | ∞ | ∞ |
| James Yonan | - | Thu | - |
where?
The meeting is held at the office of Fox-IT: Olof Palmestraat 6, Delft, the Netherlands. Our house rules require that you allow your visit to be registered at the front desk. A valid identity document is required. More details at Fox-IT contact page.
Directions from the train station to the West Cord hotel.
Directions from the hotel to Fox-IT.
when?
The hackathon will take place from Oct 9 (Friday), 2015 to Oct 11 (Sunday).
food
Fox-IT will provide for breakfast, lunch, coffee, soft drinks, etc. during daytime.
what?
So what is the goal of the Hackathon?
- Meet in person, talk about things
- contributors agreement (CLA) for OpenVPN 3
- future development of 2.x and 3.x
- Hack on the 2.4 codebase - there's a number of "large" things we could try to tackle
- new data packet format proposed for AEAD and "null-compression"
- openvpn interactive service - get code in git tree
- async plugin patch, inotify async auth patch (Lev)
- IPv6 gateway detection (rgi6)?
- how to handle servers with v4+v6 addresses and roaming clients (3G/wifi) that roam from between various brokenness variants, like "from v6+NAT64 3G to native v6 Wifi" or "to v4-only Wifi", etc.
- Go through the list of pending patches and ACK/NACK them or assign person to review them
- Work on open trac issues
- lots of things to review and bugs to fix
We're all open for additions here - I think the meetings in Brussels and Munich 2013 + 2014 have shown that "just being able to sit together and hack" is a useful exercise.
Internet
A wireless guest network with internet access is available at the meeting location for sure. We will probably be able to throw a switch on the table for wired connections too (no promises yet).
accommodation
Most people stay at the WestCord hotel: very close to the Fox-IT office
Alternatively, you can opt for the slightly more expensive Hampshire Hotel: farther away from the office, but closer to downtown Delft.