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The irony is that there's a nice little conference that happens every year just for this purpose. They call it Defcon. ;) People need to get over the monikers,
by abyssknight 17y ago
The irony is that there's a nice little conference that happens every year just for this purpose. They call it Defcon. ;) People need to get over the monikers, labels and just realize what we really are. Hackers are exactly what you need to take in the whole picture of security. We're multi-talented, able to take on problems from multiple angles, and get around the norm and best of all we're passionate about it.
- tptacek 17y agoNext time you say this, say "Black Hat" instead of Defcon. They're sister conferences, but Black Hat is where most of the actual research gets published.
- abyssknight 17y agoI know they both exist, and that they're related but I thought Defcon was the more informal conference and the ad seemed to allude to a more informal target audience. That said, you are correct, most of the research gets published at Black Hat. And in the spirit of full disclosure, I have no first hand knowledge of either conference. My father is an Information Security Architect and we often talk shop. One year he went to Black Hat and mentioned the complimentary Defcon passes, and I perked up. I love playing with Nessus and decompiling C code to hex and editing ASM like any other self respecting geek, but I'm far from that league.
- tptacek 17y agoNah, just trying to give you the right jargon. =)
- abyssknight 17y agoHey, I appreciate it! :) Feel free to school me anytime. Heck, I live for it.