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- DEF CON III Convention Update #1.80 (06.20.95)
- August 4-6th 1995 @ the Tropicana in Las Vegas
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- This is an initial announcement and invitation to DEF CON III, a
- computer convention for people interested in various aspects of computer
- culture. The emphasis is on problems caused by rapid computerization of
- businesses and the private sector. Illegitimate computer access, fraud,
- privacy concerns, and encryption technology will be covered in two days of
- talks by respected industry professionals. Special talks by "hackers" will
- present conflicting perspectives and allow for mixed round table discussions. This combinations
- of both forces in computing today will offer to shed light on ideas that all
- too often given only a slanted presentation by the popular media.
-
- WHEN: August 4, 5, 6 - 1995
- WHERE: Las Vegas, Nevada at the Tropicana Hotel
-
- Building on the success of DEF CON II, we try to provide information
- and speakers in a forum that can't be found at other conferences. People
- come to DEF CON for information and for making contacts. We strive to
- distinguish this convention from others in that respect.
-
- What's been said about the previous conventions can be found in the New York
- Times (July 25, 1994), Business Week (August 1994), Info World, Boardwatch
- (October 1994), The National Law Journal.
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- The Tropicana has rooms reserved for the convention. Check-in is 3pm,
- check-out time is 12 noon. Remember there is an 8% sales tax in Vegas.
- Register yearly, only 100 rooms were blocked for sure. After that it is
- subject to availability.
-
- 65$ Single or Double room, Midweek (Monday - Thursday)
- 90$ Single or Double room, Weekend (Friday - Sunday)
- 350$ One-Bedroom Suite (Call for Availability)
-
- The Tropicana, 3801 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109
- (702) 739-2581 or (800) 468-9494 or (702) 739-2448 (Fax)
-
- Held in three conference rooms at the Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas, DEF CON
- will be interesting and informative. There will be presentations by
- specialists in their fields, technical discussions, infamous and well known
- videos, mini-seminars on specific topics, a cu-see-me video conference
- set up on a t1 net connection, and many impromptu contacts to be made.
-
- The Tropicana is located right on the "Strip" with the other three corners of
- the street occupied by the MGM Grand (Largest hotel in the world), the
- Excalibur, and the Luxor. If you can afford it stay for a couple extra days
- and see the sights. There is plenty to do in town if you have never visited.
- Comdex does not count as a visit.
-
- COSTS
-
- The price of admission will be 30$ in advance or 40$ at the door.
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- Friday August 3rd
- Registration and getting to know people
- Main Convention Room South Pacific Ballrooms
-
- Time Event
-
- 10:00 Convention room opens, registration begins.
- : Informal demonstrations and getting acquainted through out the day.
- :
- : Network/video/voice bridge up
- :
- 15:00 BATTLE TECH At Virtual World (Buy tickets in advance or at the con)
- : Two hours of total combat! 1/2 Battle Tech, 1/2 Red Planet.
- :
- 18:00 SJG's "Hacker" game with the "Hacker II" expansion. The Mastah'
- : Haqah play off for the most elite hacker player. Get your group
- : together for the hard-core old-school back-stabbing hack attack
- : from hell! There can be only one!
- :
- 24:00 Hacker Jeopardy with Winn Schwartau starts, Round #1
- :
- 02:00 Convention room closes up for the day.
-
- Saturday August 4th
- Convention begins 10:00 in South Pacific Ballrooms
-
- Time Event
-
- 10:00 Key note speech by ()
- : Winn Schwartau - Tempest Videos / Year in Review
- : Robert Steele - TBA
- : Jim Settle - TBA
- : Bruce Schenier - Cryptography
- : Curtis Karnow - Legal
- : Lewis De Payne - How to hack more professionally
- 15:00 Lunch/Dinner Break Begins
- :
- 17:00 Evening Sessions Start at 17:00
- : Theora and Crew - TBA
- : CPSR - Round Table
- : EFF - Legal Implications
- : Peter Frank - TBA
- : Chris Hall - Spy Stuff
- 21:00 Evening Sessions End at 21:00
- :
- :
- 24:00 Hacker Jeopardy with Winn, Round #2, and Final Jeopardy Round.
- : "
- 02:00 Convention room closes up.
-
- Sunday August 5th
-
- Time Event
-
- 10:00 Oscar Meyer - How to Hack, or, Toilet Training to Maturity
- : Roscoe - How to hack more professionally
- : Len Rose - TBA
- : Peter Skelly - TBA
- : Stepehn Cobb - "Why Hacking Sucks"
- : Parmaster - General history of the underground
- 14:00 Lunch Break Starts at 14:00
- :
- 15:30 Evening Sessions Start at 15:30
- : Koresh - TBA
- : Susan Thunder - Psychological Subversion of Trusted Systems
- : Tagger - Mag Stripe Readers/Writers
- : Dead Addict - TBA
- 18:00 The Convention Ends, Final give aways, awards, and goodbye!
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- SPEAKERS
-
- This is a partial list of speakers for this year. More are being invited
- or waiting to make plans. As this list changes further announcements will
- be made. This should give you a flavor or what to expect, though.
-
- Two of the Speakers, Susan Thunder and Roscoe both are written about in the
- book "Cyberpunks." I suggest you go buy it and read it if you can, it will
- give you a better perspective about what they are all about.
-
- [> Bruce Schneier, Author of "Applied Cryptography." TOPIC: Will speak
- on issues surrounding cryptography, digital authentication, digital cash,
- and will answer questions from the audience.
-
- [> Winn Schwartau, Author of "Information Warfare" and "Terminal Compromise"
- is a consultant to government and the private sector regarding enterprise
- and national security concerns. TOPICS: "Information Warfare, the year
- in review" (Comedic) and "Tempest Attack Videos."
-
- [> Len Rose AKA Terminus. After the legal fiasco Len faced years ago (as
- partially chronicled in "The Hacker Crackdown.") this will be his first
- chance to speak of his experiences without the threat of having his parole
- revoked. TOPIC: TBA
-
- [> Lewis De Payne, aka "Roscoe" TOPIC: Ultra Hacking - Beyond Computers:
- How to make your hacking more successful and productive while minimizing
- risk. Learn how to adopt a business-like strategy, planning your goals,
- focusing your strategy and keeping you out of trouble!
-
- [> Curtis Karnow, former federal prosecutor and attorney focusing on
- intellectual property litigation and computer law. TOPIC: Agents in the
- telecommunications context, and "smart" software that we 'trust' to do the
- Right Thing. The specific issue is legal liability and responsibility for
- the actions of intelligent agents, and then spinning off to chat about the
- liability for artificial intelligence generally.
-
- [> Robert D. Steele, President of OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS, Inc. A former Spy,
- Experienced Bureaucrat, Radical Visionary. Tofflers call him the "rival
- store" to CIA. Keynote Speaker at HOPE, Workshop at Hac-Tic '93.
- TOPIC: TBA
-
- [> The Electronic Frontier Foundation. TOPIC: The EFF will cover current
- legal threats privacy and computer information networks.
-
- [> Stephen Cobb. TOPIC: "The Party's Over: Why Hacking Sucks." Stepehen
- intends to play "devil's advocate" and suggest that "hacking should not
- be tolerated in any shape or form as it serves no useful purpose and is a
- menace to society."
-
- [> Jim Settle, ex-FBI computer crime division department head. TOPIC: TBA
-
- [> Oscan Meyer. TOPIC: How to Hack - Toilet Training to Maturity.
-
- [> Peter Skelly. TOPIC: SMS and wide area networking.
-
- [> Tagger. TOPIC: Magnetic stripe card reader-writers and the "Mod-700."
-
- [> Dead Addict. "Too tired for slack." TOPIC: TBA.
-
- [> Theora. TOPIC: "Don't you hate it when that happens?"
-
- [> Karen Coyle, CPSR, and a pannel of friends. TOPIC: TBA.
-
- [> Peter Franck, National Lawyers Guild. TOPIC: TBA.
-
- [> Parmaster, ex-MOD member, General history of the underground.
-
- [> Glenn Campbell, Area 51 and "Dreamland" authority. TOPIC: Q & A, overview
- of Governmental activities and stuff.
-
- [> Attidute Adjuster. TOPIC: "Extremely technical machine language
- discussion on Polymorphic computer viruses, with a side note on
- cryptography uses."
-
- [> Susan "Thunder" of "Cyberpunks" fame. TOPIC: Social Engeneering and
- Psychological Subversion of Trusted System.
-
- [> Pete "To much coffee man" Shipley, unix stud. TOPIC: Security audits,
- how they are performed and what to look for.
-
- [> Koresh, unix hacker and conspiracy theorist supreme. TOPIC: TBA.
-
- Speakers will be talking Saturday and Sunday, and maybe Friday depending.
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- TELEPHONE CONFERENCE BRIDGE (801-855-3326)
-
- For DEF CON III there will be a dial in conference set up. If you are
- overseas, or just can't make the convention this year, you can
- still get an idea of what is going on and participate. One part of the voice
- conference equipment will allow you to listen to the convention room
- microphone, another will allow you to ask questions during the Q&A sections
- of peoples speeches. A general conversation area will be up so you can chat
- with others at the convention, or just others dialed into the bridge.
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- BOOTHS and EXHIBITS and SPONSORSHIP and GIVE-AWAYS
-
- There is table space available if you or your company is interested in
- showing off or selling your latest product. A separate room will have
- tables set up, and are available on a first come first served basis.
-
- There is also room available in the convention program for you or your
- company to advertise their latest and greatest. This is also first come,
- first served.
-
- If you or your company is interested in sponsoring a speaker you receive
- a table and an advertisement in the program.
-
- If you are interested in either table space or advertising or sponsoring a
- speaker please contact Phil at (206) 236-6802 and he will provide you with
- a package explaining the costs and options available.
-
- DEF CON is also looking for product to give away in the raffle. If your
- company wants to donate a few copies of their product to be given away we
- will be happy to promote it verbally before it is given away. Software,
- hardware, books, magazines, etc. would be examples.
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- MORE DEF CON INFORMATION
-
- The World Wide Web Page is located at: http://www.defcon.org/
-
- FTP Site: ftp.fc.net /pub/defcon
-
- Mailing lists: mail majordomo@fc.net with the following statement in the body
- of your message: "subscribe dc-announce" This will set you up on the mailing
- list and you will receive updated information, information on the other
- mailing lists offered, etc. I suggest joining the dc-stuff list just so you
- can talk and plan with other people going to the con to coordinate rides,
- sharing of rooms, etc.
-
- VOICE OR VOICE MAIL - Planning: 206-453-1006
- VOICE OR VOICE MAIL - Advertising: 206-236-6802
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- FAX: 206-453-9567
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- E-Mail: dtangent@defcon.org
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- Snail Mail: 2709 E. Madison #102, Seattle, WA, 98112
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- INFORMATION ABOUT LAS VEGAS
-
- WWW PAGES about Las Vegas, Hotels, Things to do, etc.
-
- HTTP://www.infi.net:80/vegas/online/
- HTTP://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~iew/index.html
- HTTP://www.best.com/~rdc/roger/vegas.html
- HTTP://www.intermind.net/las.vegas.on-line/homepage.html
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- Previous Convention Items
-
- DEF CON I Tapes (4) include the following speakers:
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- Curtis Karnow: Legal Implications of failure in complex VR systems.
- Ray Kaplan: To Hack or not to Hack, that is not the question.
- Gail Thackeray: Search and seizure, the roll of "computer cops," and Q&A
- Dead Addict: The future of hacking.
- Dark Druid (Busted by Gail Thackeray): Getting raided sucks.
- Judi Clark of the CPSR: What you can do the become active in the community.
- Dan Farmer: Inherient security problems in networks,and a bit on SATAN.
- Dr. Mark Ludwig: Let virii live.
-
- DEF CON II Tapes (10) include the following speakers:
-
- Phillip Zimmermann : Keynote Speaker, PGP.
- Gail Thackeray : Response to Mr. Zimmermann and Privacy issues.
- Chris Hall : Electronic Surveillance.
- Curtis Karnow : Recombinant Culture, Crime in the Digital Network.
- Dr. Mark Ludwig : Virus Creation Awards and What to do when the Feds come.
- Judi Clark, Mara, Fen and Marianne in a Round Table Discussion.
- The Dark Knight : Hacking in the UK
- Sara Gordon, Mark Aldrich, Phil Zimmermann: Internet & PGP privacy concerns.
- Annaliza (Torquie) : The European Underground scene.
- Mark Lottor : Various cellular topics.
- Winn Schwartau : HERF guns, Van Eck, Information Warfare
- Peter Beruk : The role of the SPA, general Q&A.
- Padgett Peterson : Anti-Virus writing, Cleaning up other peoples messes.
- The Jackal : A basic radio overview with Q&A.
- Artimage : Underground spoof and give aways.
- Stephen Dunifer : Radio Free Berkeley and pirate media.
- Damien Thorn : Random Cell information from the late night tech talks.
-
- Stuff is for sale from DEF CON I and II in case you are interested. From the
- first year we have audio tapes (4 90 minute tapes) for $20 and the second
- year (10 90 minute tapes) for $30. Tee Shirts are still availabe from last
- year for $20, they are white and long sleeve.
-
- SHIPPING : Please include 3.00 for priority shipping.
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