2026-03-27 - LixCon 2026 weekly

• Date: 2026-03-27
• Participants: raito (Lix/DGNum/AFNix), sinavir (DGNum), soyouzpanda (DGNum)
• Topic: LixCon 2026 weekly

Call for Proposals (CfP)

• Proposals received: 8-9
• Core team talks and transactional conference talks (intro/outro, etc.) not included in the Pretalx
• Some invited talks are pending, awaiting final approval
• No issues anticipated regarding the current lineup.

Proposal review plan

• 1 proposal already accepted for logistical reasons (travel support)
• Review schedule:
  • Tonight: @raito reviews proposals
  • Tomorrow (or so): @kate reviews proposals
  • This weekend or Monday: converge on final proposals
• Goal: complete review quickly to submit acceptance or rejections to our current proposals

Remarks

• Overall proposals goes over the Friday talk budget but aligns with overall planning
• No conference rooms required for Saturday and Sunday

Special attention AFNix general assembly room

• Requires Internet setup for videoconference
• Capacity: ~10–15 people

Postcards

• Deadline for order 2 weeks before event; faster option: 1 week (+€2)
• Kate is aligned with Monday deadline

Content

• Decide back-of-card content:

  • Important information and emergency contacts
  • Room list / orientation tips
  • WiFi info (if a shorter deadline)

Assembling method Punch postcards without plastic coating

Inspiration: Good-to-Know PDF from UndoneCS 2026

Website

• Let DGNum host this website: https://lixcon.dgnum.eu on their S3 (Garage) instead of AFNix except if AFNix redeploys it quickly

• Announcement post email + Mastodon (high priority) → owned by @raito

• Content to finish

  • Schedule → Pretalx widget
  • Venue info → owned by @soyouzpanda
    • Rooms
    • Internet
  • Travel information
  • Physical Code of Conduct (LixCon/AFNix) → owned by @raito
  • Cross check with https://www.undonecs.org/2026/ information to see if we are lacking something
  • Ideally: RSS feed

• Optional: DNS CNAME https://con.lix.systems/2026/ → main site (low priority)

Equipment rental

METRO refers to https://www.metro.fr/ here.

Fridges and Drinks

• Drinks brought by @hexchen and our METRO provider
• Suggested setup: 1–2 fridges in hacking rooms
• Suggested: additional payment terminal purchase (SumUp Plus) as AFNix one might be used for other purpose
• Deposit may apply to drinks, @sinavir will check with @hexchen directly

Snacks

• METRO card available
• A car can be lended by @sinavir
• Which snack to buy / who will buy them → Can Anaëlle handle it?

Seating and tables

• Cozy sitting (beanbags, etc.) for friendliness in hacking rooms → owned by @sinavir
  1. Source price
  2. Determine quantity
  3. Propose quote
  4. Execute if approved

C3VOC equipment

• Coordination for setup → @raito connects @sinavir with @hexchen
• Free parking at ENS: confirm dimensions and availability for the van

Room planning

• Core team members to book tickets explicitly on Pretix for full visibility on DGNum → owned by @raito
• Expected variance: ±10–20 people
• Goals:
  • 3 public rooms
  • 1 non-public room
  • Release remaining rooms
• More than 4 continuous rooms over the weekend is non-trivial
• Final room list to be confirmed by @soyouzpanda and @sinavir
• @raito wants to be kept in the loop and this topic should be discussed further next weekly

Network setup

• Backbone v2 functional (Ielo uplink), deployed by @sinavir
• Connect LixCon rooms to Internet: requires coordination with the school IT to switch VLAN on the Ethernet ports in the rooms, owned by @sinavir
• Room setup: 1 switch and 1 AP per room min
  • 4 APs for the amphitheater
• Multiple SSIDs (firewalled and non-firewalled, OWE)
  • Non-firewalled is not a priority
• Forensics logging: DHCP leases and MAC/IPv6 via NDP as per law requires
  • IPv4 is already done in the current network
  • IPv6 will be new

Priorities

1. Secure VLANs in rooms

2. Secure hardware (APs, switches, cables)

   • Friday: 4 + 3 APs, 4 switches
   • Saturday: 6 APs, 3 switches
   • Sunday: 6 APs, 3 switches

3. Configure router with forensic logging (DHCP + IPv6)

4. Configure switches

5. Configure APs

6. Optional: non-firewalled SSID

lead by @sinavir, will delegate whatever he can to other folks

Next agenda

• Room planning
• Network setup
• Commit to conference start/end information to communicate to our attendees
• Approve the final operational details to send to our attendees