Prepare
What you need to access DEF CON 29
DISCORD Account
You will need a Discord account to participate in the social aspects of DEF CON 29. You can find detailed instructions on getting on the DEF CON Discord server here. There is a FAQ for Humans on Discord as well. You can support DEF CON 29 and upgrade your account by purchasing the Human Plus role!
Join with the DEF CON Discord Server signup link: https://discord.gg/defcon
Twitch
You will need to get on the DEF CON Twitch for live streamed talk Q&A sessions, evening fireside talks and evening contests. Not to mention the live entertainment!
YouTube/DEF CON Media Server
The Talks for DEF CON will be released daily on the DEF CON YouTube channel so you might want to susbscribe! They will also be released in torrents on https://media.defcon.org
Accessing talks
How to Access DEF CON 29 Talks and Q&A Sessions
DEF CON official presentations have been pre-recorded, and pre-released online individually and as a torrent on media.defcon.org and on our official YouTube channel.
The dates and times on the Speaker Page and Schedule Page are special live streamed Q&A sessions for each talk, as well as additional fireside lounges and panels. These sessions will be streamed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/defconorg.
All discussions and attendee to speaker participation will be on the DEF CON 29 Discord Server at: https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/733079621402099732
DEF CON 29 Virtual Directory
Links to all that DEF CON 29 Virtual has to Offer
Tracks |
Music |
Contests |
DEF CON Groups |
Demo Labs |
Events |
Villages
Main Tracks
DEF CON official presentations will be pre-recorded, will be pre-released online on Thursday August 5th, on our YouTube, and as a torrent on media.defcon.org
DCTV will be streaming the pre-recorded and live talks to the Hotel TV Chans & to our official Twitch. The stream's schedule for all three speaking tracks is PDT (GMT-7), See the schedule here: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-29/dc-29-schedule.html See DCTV on DEF CON's Twitch Chan at https://www.twitch.tv/defconorg
Also watch the talks released Thursday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference
Main Tracks Talks Chat
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/733079621402099732
War Story Bunker & No Tech Talks
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/733562098315034735
Policy Talks Page:
https://defcon.org/html/defcon-29/dc-29-policy.html
Music
Live Music: https://www.twitch.tv/defcon_music
Chat https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/735624334302904350
All known DJs are listed in this sub-forum:
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237542
Pool Party Schedule is listed here:
https://forum.defcon.org/node/238025
Main Ballys Music schedule is listed here:
https://forum.defcon.org/node/238026
Contests
Autonymous Driving CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237292
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864186660107059230
Be the Match
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236439
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/741049958182158387
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236438
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864186853241913364
BIC Village CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236415
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864186927062450186
Capture the Packet
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237226
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864186993457365022
Car Hacking Village CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236416
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643596658311229
CMD+CTRL
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236481
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643642388807800
Coindroids
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236482
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643539573833878
Crack Me If You Can
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236483
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644827053457478
Cyber Warrior Network eSports League Tournament
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237355
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187075431104522
DC29 CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236417
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187154308792370
DEFCON Bike Ride
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236418
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187460547248189
DEFCON MUD
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236427
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/728707998796480590
DEFCON Next Top Threat Model
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236485
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187569247354900
DEFCON Scavenger Hunt
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236484
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711049278163779605
DHH
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/792882243781394461
EFF Tech Trivia
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236425
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644552573747350
Hack the Plan[3]t
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236430
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643691877531698
Hack3r Runw@y
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236429
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644666239647824
Hacker Jeopardy
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236486
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732439600391389184
Hackfortress
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236419
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643831275225125
Hospital Under Siege
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236487
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643365120278540
Kubernetes CTF
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/792884058354745354
Maps of the Digital Lands
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237433
OpenSOC Blue Team CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236420
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644213170667562
Radio Frequency CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236431
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644270976696380
Red Alert ICS CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236432
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187671776329738
Red Team CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236421
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187785544073246
Salty Sensor Contest
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236489
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/862010288118169670
SEA-TF: Maritime Hacking CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236490
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/862010193167908864
Secure Coding Tournament CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236422
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/741327638815309984
Short Story Contest
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236433
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/722831507009568869
SOHOpelessly Broken CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236434
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187877537742858
Sticker Design Contest
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236428
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864187967660490762
TeleChallenge
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236435
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644470063399012
Testnet Cointest
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864188058223771678
The Gold Bug
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236491
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864188135884849152
The Schemaverse Tournament
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236492
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644182116040784
Tin Foil Hat Contest
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236423
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864188294724452372
Toxic BBQ
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236426
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864188639709495316
TraceLabs OSINT Search Party CTF
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236424
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/864188734291705856
Whose Slide is it Anyway
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237295
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711644337942822925
DEF CON Groups
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/710379858429083698
Forum Link:
https://defcongroups.org
Demo Labs
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236373
AIS Tools #dl-ais-tools
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237221
Cotopaxi #dl-cotopaxi
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237207
Depthcharge #dl-depthcharge
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237212
Empire #dl-empire
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237206
Frack #dl-frack
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237218
Git Wild Hunt #dl-git-wild-hunt
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237224
Kubernetes Goat #dl-kubernetes-goat
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237214
Kubestriker #dl-kubestriker
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237219
Mooltipass #dl-mooltipass
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237211
OpenBridge #dl-open-bridge-simulator
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237210
ParseAndC #dl-parse-and-c
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237215
PMapper #dl-pmapper
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237217
reNgine #dl-rengine
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237213
Ruse #dl-ruse
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237209
Shutter #dl-shutter
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237220
Siembol #dl-siembol
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237216
Solitude #dl-solitude
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237208
Tracee #dl-tracee
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237222
USBsamurai #dl-usb-samurai
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237225
WiFi Kraken Lite #dl-wifi-kraken-lite
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237205
Zuthaka #dl-zuthaka
https://forum.defcon.org/node/237223
EVENTS, Parties & Meetups
Be the Match registration drive
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/711643405004046457
Ham Exams
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733631667372103
Villages
AV Talk: Space System Binary Analysis: Gaining Assurance or Discovering Zero-Days? (virt)
https://forum.defcon.org/node/238012#post238012
Adversary Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236914
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/858036256759742465
(in-person) Aerospace Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236573
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732393044363444264
(virt) AI Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236533
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733090568339536
(virtual) Appsec Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236574
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/790973922949726228
(in-person) BCOS Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236915
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733136408019084
(in-person) B.I.C. Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236923
(virt) Bio Hacking
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236534
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/735273390528528415
(virt) Blue Team Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236535
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732454317658734613
(in-person) Car Hacking Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236536
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732722838942777474
(hybrid) Career Hacking
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236537
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732732774347309077
(virt) Cloud Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236916
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733373172285520
(hybrid) Cryptocurrency Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236522
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733510288408676
(virt) Crypto & Privacy Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236538
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732734002011832320
(in-person) Data Duplication Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236520
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732732641694056478
(virt) Hack the Sea
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236575
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733427823935589
(hybrid) Ham Radio Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236540
Ham Exams https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733631667372103
Ham Radio Village https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733631667372103
(hybrid) Hardware Hacking & Soldering Skills
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236523
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732728536149786665
(virt) ICS Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236564
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733832268349460
(hybrid) IoT Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236542
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732734565604655114
(virt) Lock Bypass Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236524
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732732893830447175
(virt) Lock Pick Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236917
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732734164780056708
(hybrid) Packet Hacking Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236521
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/708242376883306526
(in-person) Password Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236918
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733760742621214
(virt) Payment Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236919
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733473558626314
(virtual) Recon Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236921
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733566051418193
(virt) RF Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236546
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732732595493666826
(Virtual) Rogues Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236525
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732732701144121434
(in-person) Security Leaders Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236924
(virt) Social Engineering Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236549
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733952867172382
(in-person) Voting Machine Hacking Village
https://forum.defcon.org/node/236925
https://discord.com/channels/708208267699945503/732733881148506164