Planning Your Visit to the Packet Hacking Village at DEF CON 32

The mission of the Packet Hacking Village is security awareness and education. If this is your first DEF CON, welcome and enjoy! As we now have a large collection of activities, we would like to provide guidance on what to do when visiting the Packet Hacking Village at DEF CON 32.

• If you want to learn about how data moves through the internet, start with Packet Inspector.
• If you already know a little bit about packets, do Packet Detective.
• If you want to learn, or need a refresher on, using the command line or Linux terminal, do Linux Trainer.
• If you want to learn, or need a refresher on, using regular expressions / pattern matching, do RegEx Trainer.
• If you want to learn how to make a network cable, do HardWired.
• If you want to understand a password attack, do Password Lab Walkthrough Workshop.
• If you already know a bit of programming and networking, and want to tie in Machine Learning and packets, do Walkthrough Workshop on Python + Packet Analysis + Machine Learning.
• If you want to learn Python, we have a small Walkthrough Workshop on Python Programming.
• If you want to learn how to build a botnet, do Botnets Walkthrough Workshop.
• If you feel you have good knowledge of packets and want to compete for a DEF CON Black Badge, do Capture The Packets.
• If you actually hate computers, enjoy some beats with wosdjco.
• If you want to understand why using secure and encrypted protocols is important, look at the (in)famous Wall of Sheep.

Full list of our activities, including schedule of Creator Stage Talks, go to https://www.wallofsheep.com/pages/dc32.