2026-10-02 –, WORKSHOP 2 (GetRoot no Jutsu) Language: Italiano
Before Slack, before Discord, before Telegram, there was IRC. A protocol so simple you could read it with netcat, so resilient it survived 35 years of "IRC is dead" articles, and so transparent that what you typed was exactly what the server saw — no algorithms, no tracking, no engagement metrics.
This late-night session is part storytelling, part live hacking. We will walk through the history of IRC from the Italian underground scene of the late '90s — irc.tin.it, war scripts, channel takeovers, netsplits, and the culture that shaped an entire generation of Italian hackers — to deploying a modern IRC server in 2026 on a self-hosted LXC container with TLS, persistent history, and integrated services, no third-party dependencies.
Bring your laptop. We will spin up a live server at the camp and open a channel for attendees to join in real time via browser or terminal client. You will register a nick, join a channel, and experience what real-time communication looked like before corporations decided your attention was a product.
No slides. No frameworks. Just a terminal, a protocol from 1988, and a conversation about what we lost when we handed our communication to platforms we don't control.
Suitable for all skill levels. Nostalgia-prone attendees may experience involuntary emotions.
A senior security researcher and consultant with over 15 years of field experience in penetration testing, digital forensics, and incident response. Founder of CyberSartoria, a boutique cybersecurity firm focused on offensive security and NIS2/DORA compliance for enterprise clients, and co-founder/CTO of TeamBit, a blockchain and AI software house. Active in 0-day research and responsible disclosure. CEH and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certified. Community roots going back to Hackmeeting and the Italian underground scene of the late 90s, when IRC was the internet. Regular speaker and participant at security events including Security Summit and RomaHack. Outside the terminal: co-founder of an anti-bullying nonprofit and two-time Olympic torchbearer.