DEF CON
DEF CON is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993. DEF CON is renowned for the "arcane arts" of drinking, socializing, debugging, and crowd control. The Def Con Goons organize, maintain control, and run the show.
Many of the attendees at DEF CONs include computer security professionals, "crackers", and hackers with a general interest in computer code and computer architecture. The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer and hacking related subjects, as well as social events and contests in everything from creating the longest Wi-Fi connection and cracking computer systems to most effectively cooling a beer in the Nevada heat. The current venue is the Alexis Park resort-hotel, which is completely taken over by attendees during the event.
DEF CON has been the host of many interesting events since its beginning, but the most infamous is perhaps the arrest of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov on July 16, 2001 for having shown how to decrypt Adobe's eBook format.
External links
- DEF CON official website
- defconpics: a repository of photographs from past DEF CONs, from the first to present
- The Alexis Park Resort & Hotel
- Flickr: Photos tagged with defcon, photos likely of DEF CON