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Can someone explain this to someone not familiar with DEFCON. What's a badge challenge and what type of competition were they doing?
by throwaway2016a 10y ago
Can someone explain this to someone not familiar with DEFCON. What's a badge challenge and what type of competition were they doing?
- at-fates-hands 10y agoThis explains what the uber/black badge is and how people obtain it: https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-bb-policy.html https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-bb-policy.html Here's some blog posts about people who've run the gauntlet: http://potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com/post/126411303994/defcon-23-badge-challenge http://potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com/post/126411303994/defcon... http://elegin.com/dc21/ http://elegin.com/dc21/ https://1o57.wikispaces.com/DC20+Badge+Contest https://1o57.wikispaces.com/DC20+Badge+Contest In hacking circles, this is kind of a big deal to get one of these. It gives you a lifetime free admission to any future DefCon conferences and you're entered into a Black Badge HOF and plenty of bragging rights. https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-black-badge.html https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-black-badge.html
- SOLAR_FIELDS 10y agoThe first link is a great read. The amount of work required to earn one of these is amazing. Well earned and certainly deserving of the amount of respect awarded by the community.