I'm Attending Defcon this August, advice?

[Lisa Kachold]

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" <bob.elzer at gmail.com> 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" <phil.waclawski at mesacc.edu>
> 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 <PLUGd at lufthans.com> 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<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/<http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/>
>>> #  Like the maid, I don't do (M$)Windows. - der.hans
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