[hackathon] Fwd: ANNOUNCEMENT: Decommissioning of "Hacknet" VPNs

[Benno Overeinder <[e-mail]>]

For your information, decomission of "Hacknet" VPNs.

During previous Hackathons, we stopped mentioning Hacknet on the slides 
and on the Hackathon Wiki.  However, with this announcement, the Hacknet 
service has ended.

Best regards,

-- Benno


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Subject: 	ANNOUNCEMENT: Decommissioning of "Hacknet" VPNs
Date: 	Sat, 5 Sep 2026 14:53:36 +0000
From: 	Joe Clarke (jclarke) <jclarke=[e-mail]>
To: 	[e-mail] <[e-mail]>



Hello, IETF.  It’s your NOC lead again.

When COVID hit and IETF meetings were 100% virtual, we spun up a service 
called the “Hacknet” to facilitate L2 VPN between attendees for the 
virtual hackathons.  As we started to once again get together in person, 
this service persisted.

However, over the few years, usage has dropped off to almost nothing. 
  There were ultimately two active users still on it.  In an effort to 
simplify operations and reduce a bit of cost, the VMs supporting this 
service have been spun down, and the active users notified.

This is message is a broad announcement that the service has been 
decommissioned.

This does not mean the hackathons are going away!  In fact, the network 
we provide at the hackathons will continue to offer public IPv4 and IPv6 
addresses.  Attendees there can host their own VPN or other services to 
facilitate local and remote hacking.

Thanks.

Joe on behalf of the Network Operations Team