DCSG1 - Introduction to Range Village Community - Gladiator
Source: YouTube · DEFCONConference · published Sep 30, 2026 · 15:57
Range Village is a volunteer-run project building free, realistic cyber ranges so anyone—especially students—can gain hands-on security skills without paying thousands of dollars 1:07.
Key Takeaways:
• Started January 2025 mid-League of Legends game, when OSCP grads bought a cheap 128GB workstation to give students affordable hands-on access 1:07-1:59
• Built portable Pelican-case ranges with dual-CPU servers, Ubiquiti networking, and Ludus hypervisor for isolated on-site VMs 2:35-3:38
• Scaling via Cloudflare Tunnels (US, Germany, Jordan) failed—Nmap scans caused throttling and packet drops 5:16-6:20
• Switching to distributed Tailscale cut Singapore-US latency from ~120ms to ~25ms under scanning—a "five times performance improvement" breakthrough 7:10-8:17
• Industry pros from Praetorian, Grab, and Mandiant validate scenario realism to democratize job-relevant training 10:31-12:06
• ~1,000 learners reached; franchised to Jordan and Malaysia; "Range Village Learn" opens publicly August 2026 13:47-15:48
From one cheap server to a franchise-ready platform, Range Village shows how community passion can bridge education and real-world security experience.
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And now officially we're going to welcome Gladiator to the stage. He's going to be talking about the Range Village. >> All right. You guys can hear me? Cool. So, um my talk is a bit interesting because I'm just going to bring you down memory lane how we started out the Range Village and where are we moving forward. So, the Range Village essentially is just a team of enthusiasts coming together, making scenarios, and ensuring that everyone gets an equal opportunity to learn. And how do we do that and how are we progressing? Um I'll be sharing this uh in in at this presentation. So, this is what we have grown to so far. Uh this was taken at our November barbecue. It's also where the uh quote and quote historic uh mem- memorandum of understanding was signed between Dark Tron and Div Zero. And…