Blackhat/Defcon Report

Joe Barr writes "NewsForge [ed. note: part of OSTG along with Slashdot] is running its concluding piece on the week-long Blackhat/DEFCON hackerfest in Las Vegas. Want to know how little our police/intelligence agencies seem to have learned from their failures prior to 9/11? Or how a very large goon known only as Priest prevented outright political violence at a DEFCON presentation on Civil Disobedience? Or which of the two conferences is right for you? It's all here in the Blackhat/Defcon: Final report." Reader M. Curphey writes "The Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) announced at Blackhat the release of a 'Threat Classifications' document. This document attempts to clarify web security terminology such as Cross Site Scripting, Session Fixation, Cookie poisoning, and HTTP response splitting (to name a few)."

Re:Girls

[Aardpig]

I have been thinking of going to defcon for the last lil while, and maybe will be able to next year. The trip would also need to include my g/f, she knows a bit about computers, but not a whole lot. In your opinion, would there be enough for her to do there, or should she venture other places?

If she's Ceren [spilth.org], go for it. Otherwise, don't bother.

Re:Girls

[vegaspctech]

Bring a girl to defcon? Isn't that like bringing a pizza to a fat farm?

;-)

Seriously, bring her along. If she doesn't like the event, there's plenty for her to do nearby.

Re:Hmm...

[SpaceLifeForm]

And 500 errors also. Though, those may be due to the server running out of the new coloured ink.

Re:Hmm...

[zaffir]

Holy shit.

Re:Hmm...

[rokzy]

please turn yourself in to your nearest police station for exposing a technology security flaw. you can car pool with the guy who discovered the shift key if you like.

Re:Girls

[Otter]

Bring a girl to defcon? Isn't that like bringing a pizza to a fat farm?

Actually, it's precisely like bringing a girl to a fat farm.

Re:Only on Slashdot...

[Saeger]

What would you prefer? "-5, Ignorance_Is_Strength"?

The glorious Department of "HomeSec" (how cute) might have an opening for you!

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Re:Hmm...

[CSG_SurferDude]

Geez, thanks for spoiling it for the rest of us. Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to build a Lamborghini by mail ordering all the parts to different addresses from different Lamborghini dealers' repair shops? I'm still missing the front hood, the bumpers, and the electrical system... (It's FUNNY, SMILE!)

Re:This 503 stuff is getting nuts

[Fryed]

Well, I'm sure that no one wants to admit it, but I know the truth about why there have been so many 503 errors recently. CmdrTaco and friends are trying to get their machines ready to run Doom 3, and realizing that they need more horsepower in their gaming machines, have been taking parts from the servers that host Slashdot.

Unfortunately, we will likely have these errors for quite a while, because now that they all have machines capable of running Doom 3, and since Doom 3 is now out (and undoubtedly in CmrdTaco and friend's hands), they'll be far too busy with that to even remember than they run a website.

The recommended way to deal with this is to go out and purchase Doom 3 yourself. It won't bring Slashdot back, but you'll be too busy fighting demons to care.