diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/README.txt b/contrib/liveusb/README.txt
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index 05f6d6e24..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/README.txt
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-S2SS LiveUSB Image
-===================================================================
-
-This archive contains an image of Fedora installation
-which has been tuned for low latency and overall performance.
-It facilitates the setup of a S2SS instance and is designed to be used
-by partners of the Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS).
-
-This image will automatically request an IP address via DHCP
-and create a SSH tunnel to the central orchestration server.
-This allows further configuration and control.
-
-The default credentials are:
-
-	User: root
-	Password: s2ss-admin
-
-Copy image with bundled tool [1] to a USB stick or a harddisk.
-The image is about 2GB in size.
-IMPORTANT: All contents of the stick will be wiped! Make backups!
-
-[1] http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/
-
-Contact: Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/chroot.sh b/contrib/liveusb/chroot.sh
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index 6e02c1bed..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/chroot.sh
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb
-
-for part in dev sys proc; do
-	umount /media/usb/$part
-	mount -o bind /$part /media/usb/$part
-done
-
-chroot /media/usb
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/default/grub b/contrib/liveusb/etc/default/grub
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index d3bd7ac6b..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/default/grub
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
-GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
-GRUB_DEFAULT=1
-GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=false
-GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
-GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="isolcpus=6,7 selinux=0 audit=0"
-GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/hostname b/contrib/liveusb/etc/hostname
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index da598be9b..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/hostname
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unknown-s2ss
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/hosts b/contrib/liveusb/etc/hosts
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index 05fc89de2..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/hosts
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
-::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
-
-# Orchestrator
-
-# ACS hosts
-134.130.169.31	acs-s2ss
-134.130.169.32	acs-gtfpga
-137.226.160.69	acs-opal
-137.226.160.115	acs-workstation
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/image-release b/contrib/liveusb/etc/image-release
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index bd8b58947..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/image-release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.5-turin
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/image/setup.sh b/contrib/liveusb/etc/image/setup.sh
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index a645eb309..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/image/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-setup.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf b/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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index 6874104fc..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-blacklist snd_hda_intel
-blacklist nouveau
-blacklist mei_me
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf b/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf
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index 74dea577d..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# More conservative interrupt throttling for better latency
-# https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
-option e1000e InterruptThrottleRate=1
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables b/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables
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index 13f6e5ed7..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-*filter
-:INPUT ACCEPT
-:FORWARD ACCEPT
-:OUTPUT ACCEPT
-
-# Allow loopback traffic
--A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow established connections, and those not coming from the outside
--A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow HTTP
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport http -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow SSH
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow Tinc
--A INPUT -p udp --dport tinc -j ACCEPT
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport tinc -j ACCEPT
-
-# Accept Pings
--A INPUT -p icmpv6 -j ACCEPT
-
-# Reject everything else
--A INPUT -j REJECT
-
-# We wont act as a router
--A FORWARD -j REJECT
-
-COMMIT
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/iptables b/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/iptables
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index cfdd9d2f3..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/iptables
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-*filter
-:INPUT ACCEPT
-:FORWARD ACCEPT
-:OUTPUT ACCEPT
-
-# Allow loopback traffic
--A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow established connections, and those not coming from the outside
--A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow HTTP
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport http -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow VPN
--A INPUT -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow SSH
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
-
-# Allow Tinc
--A INPUT -p udp --dport tinc -j ACCEPT
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport tinc -j ACCEPT
-
-# Accept Pings
--A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
-
-# Reject everything else
--A INPUT -j REJECT
-
-# We wont act as a router
--A FORWARD -j REJECT
-
-COMMIT
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/network b/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/network
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index 61c4a5ad8..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/sysconfig/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-NETWORKING=yes
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/dhclient.service b/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/dhclient.service
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index 71f78f25f..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/dhclient.service
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=dhclient on all interfaces
-Wants=network.target
- 
-[Service]
-Type=forking
-ExecStart=/sbin/dhclient -4 -w
-
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=10
-
-TimeoutSec=60
- 
-[Install]
-WantedBy=network.target
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/mongoose.service b/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/mongoose.service
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index 2ff7070d7..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/mongoose.service
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=The mongoose Web server
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User=nobody
-Group=nobody
-Restart=always
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongoose -p 80 -r /var/www/
-StandardOutput=syslog
-SyslogIdentifier=mongoose
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/setup.service b/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/setup.service
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index b5ea9a011..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/systemd/system/setup.service
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=S2SS LiveUSB Image setup
-Requires=network-online.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-ExecStart=/etc/image/setup.sh
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=10
-
-TimeoutSec=60
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/tuned/active_profile b/contrib/liveusb/etc/tuned/active_profile
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index 239b12e08..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/etc/tuned/active_profile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-latency-performance
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/prepare.sh b/contrib/liveusb/prepare.sh
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index eb7a9a755..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/prepare.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-rpm -Uvh http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/20/i386/planetccrma-repo-1.1-3.fc20.ccrma.noarch.rpm 
-
-yum update
-
-yum install planetccrma-core
-
-source update_boot.sh
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/setup.sh b/contrib/liveusb/setup.sh
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index e2918ff18..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-RECIPIENTS="stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de,mstevic@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de"
-
-SERVER=s2ss.0l.de
-USER=acs
-
-PORT=$(shuf -i 60000-65535 -n 1)
-
-# wait for working network connection
-while ! curl http://canihazip.com/s &> /dev/null; do
-	sleep 1
-done
-
-IP=$(curl -s http://canihazip.com/s)
-HOSTNAME=$(dig +short -x $IP)
-if [ -z "$HOSTNAME" ]; then
-	HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
-fi
-
-# check if system has net connectivity. otherwise die...
-ssh -q -o ConnectTimeout=2 $USER@$SERVER
-
-# setup SSH tunnel for mail notification
-ssh -f -N -L 25:localhost:25 $USER@$SERVER
-# setup SSH reverse tunnel for remote administration
-ssh -f -N -R $PORT:localhost:22 $USER@$SERVER
-
-# send mail with notification about new node
-sendmail "$RECIPIENTS" <<EOF
-Subject: New S2SS node alive: $IP ($HOSTNAME)
-From: Simulator2Simulator Server <acs@0l.de>
-To: $RECIPIENTS
-
-There's a new host with the S2SS LiveUSB Image running:
-
-Version: $(cat /etc/image-release)
-Reverse SSH tunnel port: $PORT
-Internet IP: $IP
-Hostname: $HOSTNAME
-
-Latency:
-$(ping -qc 5 $SERVER)
-
-Traceroute:
-$(traceroute $SERVER)
-
-Interfaces:
-$(ip addr)
-
-Hardware:
-$(lshw)
-
-EOF
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/update_boot.sh b/contrib/liveusb/update_boot.sh
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index f0c87ca0e..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/update_boot.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# author: Christian Berendt <mail@cberendt.net>
-
-set -x
-
-for kernel in $(find /boot/vmlinuz*); do
-    version=$(basename $kernel)
-    version=${version#*-}
-    if [ ! -e /boot/initramfs-$version.img ]; then
-        sudo /usr/bin/dracut /boot/initramfs-$version.img $version
-    fi
-done
-
-for image in $(find /boot/initramfs*); do
-    version=${image%.img}
-    version=${version#*initramfs-}
-    if [ ! -e /boot/vmlinuz-$version ]; then
-        sudo rm $image
-    fi
-done
-
-/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
-
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/yum-packages.txt b/contrib/liveusb/yum-packages.txt
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index 0a5117f19..000000000
--- a/contrib/liveusb/yum-packages.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-authconfig-6.2.6-4.fc20.x86_64
-automake-1.13.4-6.fc20.noarch
-bash-completion-2.1-3.fc20.noarch
-bind-utils-9.9.4-18.P2.fc20.x86_64
-biosdevname-0.5.0-2.fc20.x86_64
-bzip2-1.0.6-9.fc20.x86_64
-dhclient-4.2.7-2.fc20.x86_64
-dosfstools-3.0.27-1.fc20.x86_64
-dracut-config-rescue-037-11.git20140402.fc20.x86_64
-e2fsprogs-1.42.12-3.fc20.x86_64
-efibootmgr-0.11.0-1.fc20.x86_64
-ftp-0.17-65.fc20.x86_64
-gcc-4.8.3-7.fc20.x86_64
-gdb-7.7.1-21.fc20.x86_64
-gdisk-0.8.10-2.fc20.x86_64
-git-svn-1.9.3-2.fc20.x86_64
-grub2-2.00-27.fc20.x86_64
-htop-1.0.3-3.fc20.x86_64
-iptables-services-1.4.19.1-1.fc20.x86_64
-kbd-1.15.5-12.fc20.x86_64
-kernel-modules-extra-3.18.9-100.fc20.x86_64
-kernel-rt-modules-extra-3.14.29-200.rt26.1.fc20.ccrma.x86_64
-libconfig-1.4.9-5.fc20.x86_64
-lshw-B.02.17-2.fc20.x86_64
-lzo-devel-2.08-1.fc20.x86_64
-mailx-12.5-11.fc20.x86_64
-man-db-2.6.5-6.fc20.x86_64
-minicom-2.6.2-4.fc20.x86_64
-nano-2.3.2-5.fc20.x86_64
-nmap-6.45-1.fc20.x86_64
-ntp-4.2.6p5-20.fc20.x86_64
-numactl-2.0.9-2.fc20.x86_64
-openssh-server-6.4p1-8.fc20.x86_64
-openssl-devel-1.0.1e-41.fc20.x86_64
-parted-3.1-13.fc20.x86_64
-passwd-0.79-2.fc20.x86_64
-patch-2.7.1-7.fc20.x86_64
-pciutils-devel-3.3.0-1.fc20.x86_64
-planetccrma-repo-1.1-3.fc20.ccrma.noarch
-policycoreutils-2.2.5-4.fc20.x86_64
-psmisc-22.20-3.fc20.x86_64
-readline-devel-6.2-10.fc20.x86_64
-rootfiles-8.1-16.fc20.noarch
-schedtool-1.3.0-9.fc20.x86_64
-screen-4.1.0-0.19.20120314git3c2946.fc20.x86_64
-setserial-2.17-34.fc20.x86_64
-socat-1.7.2.4-1.fc20.x86_64
-ssmtp-2.64-14.fc20.x86_64
-sudo-1.8.12-1.fc20.x86_64
-tar-1.26-31.fc20.x86_64
-tcpdump-4.5.1-3.fc20.x86_64
-texinfo-5.1-4.fc20.x86_64
-traceroute-2.0.20-1.fc20.x86_64
-tuned-2.4.1-3.fc20.noarch
-wget-1.16.1-2.fc20.x86_64
-yum-utils-1.1.31-27.fc20.noarch
diff --git a/contrib/tinc.sh b/contrib/tinc.sh
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index a93de032d..000000000
--- a/contrib/tinc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# die on error
-set -e
-
-if [ "$(hostname)" != "acs-s2ss" ]; then
-	echo "This script has to be run only acs-s2ss!" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-	echo -e "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-IP=78.91.103.24
-PORT=12010
-IPT=iptables
-RULE1="-p udp --dport $PORT -s $IP -j REJECT"
-RULE2="-p tcp --dport $PORT -s $IP -j REJECT"
-
-case $1 in
-    block)
-	$IPT -I INPUT 1 $RULE1 
-	$IPT -I INPUT 1 $RULE2
-	service tincd restart
-	;;
-
-    unblock)
-	$IPT -D INPUT $RULE1
-	$IPT -D INPUT $RULE2
-	service tincd restart
-	;;
-
-    status)
-	$IPT -C INPUT $RULE1 && echo "Tinc UDP is blocked"
-	$IPT -C INPUT $RULE2 && echo "Tinc TCP is blocked"
-
-	echo -n "Sintef "
-	tinc -n s2ss info sintef | grep "Reachability"
-
-	echo -n "Frankfurt "
-	tinc -n s2ss info fra | grep "Reachability"
-	;;
-esac