Great post Bob! If you are going - do it right! Of course be aware while joining the fun of where you break the law; a great deal of surveillance occurs from which you could glean a Homeland Security tail for a good long time. On 21 Apr 2013 08:58, "Bob Elzer" wrote: > There's no reason you can't bring your laptop, just do the steps > > Backup your disk or remove it > Put in a new disk or erase your current !!! If you backed it up !!! > Install a fresh copy of your favorite installation or even backtrack > Don't connect to your home or work networks > Don't put any of your real info on the computer > Go to Defcon, have fun, let them hack away > Remember to not use any of your real personal sites or accounts > When you're done, wipe everything > Put your original disk back in, or restore > > Then you can tell us all about your trip > > The only thing you would have to worry about, is someone stealing the > laptop > On Apr 19, 2013 11:52 PM, "Phil Waclawski" > wrote: > >> Well, I'm attending it in the hopes of learning about how some of these >> attacks work, and how to defend against them. Helps me teach my students >> better practices (and myself as well). >> >> To be honest, I had planned on having an old laptop with a brand new >> kubuntu install on it (no data I care about) and just doing some blender >> work and note taking offline, and never connecting it to a network while at >> the convention. >> >> However, I'm curious, if I set up an ssh tunnel to a server I've already >> established a Key system with, wouldn't ssh throw up a huge warning from a >> man in the middle attack not having the right "handshake"? At that point >> I'd only be hosed if I was dumb enough to say "connect anyway"?. >> >> Phil W. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:30 PM, der.hans wrote: >> >>> Am 19. Apr, 2013 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: >>> >>> moin moin Alan, >>> >>> >>> Why in the world would anyone actually attend a conference where you >>>> KNOW >>>> people are going to attack your electronics and data? Erasing everyone's >>>> >>> >>> It's in the city where people pay to let someone steal from them, so it >>> fits the theme. >>> >>> http://www.newyorker.com/**online/blogs/culture/2013/01/** >>> video-the-art-of-**pickpocketing.html >>> >>> >>> credit cards? For the lulz, I guess. It sounds like a bunch of very >>>> smart >>>> trolls getting together to see who can out-troll who. I would just >>>> be collateral damage in such a group. I guess it's an effective way to >>>> keep >>>> the non-trolls and newbies out of the "defcon club." Or maybe it is a >>>> from >>>> of hazing. >>>> >>>> And, if I HAD to go, cash, pen and paper is all I would bring. >>>> >>> >>> Make sure to keep them somewhere safe ;-). >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >>> -- >>> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/**Classes/ >>> # Like the maid, I don't do (M$)Windows. - der.hans >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >