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==Phrack Magazine== Volume Four, Issue Forty-Four, File 7 of 27 Conference News Part II **************************************************************************** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xx x xx DEF CON I, Las Vegas 1993 xxxxxxxXXXXxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx x x I'll attempt to give you guys xxxxxxXXXXXXxxxxx x x x the real deal on what happened. Since you xxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxx xx x x most likely don't care about the whole xxxxXXXXXXXXXXxxx x xxxxxxxx x planning side of it I'll just talk about xxxXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxx x what happened of interest. xxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxx xx x xxxXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxx I showed up at the Sands Hotel later than xxxxXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxx x x xx I thought, thanks to a delay at the xxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxx xxx xx x airport and a ride on the slowest hotel xxxxxxXXXXXXxxxxxxx x x x shuttle known to mankind. It had to stop xxxxxxxXXXXxxxxxxxxxxx xx x x at every other hotel before it made it to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x mine. Oh well. So I check in and go to check out the conference room, which happens to be right next to the conference planning room for the hotel. "Hmm, they will be gone for the weekend though, so we should be safe," I think as I wander into "The Burgundy Room" Sounds like a room in "Clue." Anyway there are like maybe six other people there. Dead Addict has been holding down the fort, and wanted to go get drinks so I set him free to frolic as I set up shop. I handed out tags to the people who had shown up and settled in for the duration. Someone had brought a cd player, so I put on a tape and got the music going. Red Five was there sporting scanners and radio gear, this guy had wires sticking out all over the place. "Good thing they turned to phones off," I say looking around the room happy that I wouldn't be stuck with a $31,312 phone call to Eastern Europe. "Yeah, we already checked that one," said one of the "hammies" gesturing to the phone jack I had seen. I notice a large cable running from the jack to a larger junction box at about the same time their eyes light up with glee. "Get the handset!," one says as another advances on the box with a tool kit that appeared out of thin air. "I'll need the ohm meter and some clips." the box is dismantled, and three people swarm it in a line testing frenzy. "No good on one.. two.. three.. got tone on four!" Great, I think, I'm fucked! "hhmm.. seems to be just the hotel, can't get an outside line.." This goes on for some time until I persuade them to stop fucking with the box and to do something else. They give up bored, and start exploring the rooms next to us finding a hallway that leads to a security camera monitoring the casino tables below. Some decide it's not cool to be recorded and return from there in a hurry, while others locate a travel agent's office and start grabbing a few things of no consequence. We grabbed two large easels holding large pads of paper for people to draw/write on. About this time the lady in charge of convention planning calls me to her office. "We got a call from the communications room. They said things were lighting up on their board that aren't supposed to be lighting up from your conference room. They say if it doesn't stop that you'll be thrown out of the hotel." Zowie. "OK, I got them to stop. They were just trying out their computer on the phone line to see if they could place a call," (Yeah, right) "but I'm sure it won't happen again." The assistant in the office spoke up and said something like, "Well, if you can clear my credit card I'm sure we wouldn't mind!" To which the main lady, Moreen, said "Yeah, my name is Moreen Robinson, and my Social Security number is..." What did they think? "Yeah, I'll get my credit erasers on it right away!"?? Back at the room things started to pick up. People came in throughout the day, and the bar downstairs was having a $1 margarita special. Someone bought twenty drinks for everyone (All right!) and then we got a picture more of them. Metal Head went and got me a drink while he was out. Things were looking good through this buzz of mine. Judi Clark of the Bay Area CPSR showed up (one of the speakers) and was real cool. She was jonesing for an internet connection, but we couldn't line one up with a slip connection for her. She had brought some literature to distribute, too. Around six or seven or so we had a pretty good crowd going, with more and more speakers showing up. Ray Kaplan (Kaplan and Associates) drove like a maniac out of Arizona, and Dr. Ludwig (Author of Little Black Book of Computer Viruses) drove up with Merc from Arizona also. It was about ten or so Friday night and people were getting to know each other. Some more radio guys showed up, including the Jackal, and they were in another corner speaking in some other language.. stuff I won't even try to reproduce here. It revolved around the best ways to pick up restricted channels and how not to be triangulated. Cool. Speculation was rising about what Gail Thackery would be like, and when Gillian from New Media Magazine showed up to cover the event people figured that she must be Gail. Nope. Gail showed up about a half hour later. Conversation in the room stopped, and all eyes were on Gail. She didn't seem to notice, and came up and said hello. I gave her a speakers id pass, and she went off to find a drink. When she returned people started to talk to her, and by about midnight she was mobbed with people. She had a captive audience at the back of the room and was fielding all types of questions. Some guy was saying "Say, hypothetically, that you have 9 gigs all encrypted on your, re, a bbs and you get raided, wow will they get the evidence?" Gail's response was basically if they have enough evidence to boot in your door they should have enough evidence to prosecute a case. Want to be a test case for encryption? Neither did he. Kurt Karnow, the VR speaker from San Francisco showed up and was talking with the New Media Reporter. Some local radio d.j. who does a late night cutting edge style showed up to grab some audio clips from me and bailed out. A "suit" showed up, and everyone immediately, in an attempt to win the free "I spotted the fed" shirt pointed him out to me. This "suit" had cop eyes, cop walk and cop speak. He was all businesslike, and wanted to talk to me in private. I took him into the "cone-o-silence" room (the hallway connected to the travel agent's place) and asked what's up. Turns out he is a writer for Loompanics and was there checking to see if there was anything or anyone worth writing about or having write for him. Everyone was sure I was a super narc after coming out of the cone, but he started loosening up and was talking with everyone by the next day. If he was a fed, they have great feds out there that are almost undetectable. He said his cop speak is a great way to get people to tell him stuff they wouldn't normally say. Dan Farmer showed up with a female harem in tow. He seemed to have this ability to magically attract females, but we won't get into that here. He would make an appearance and then leave every once in a while. His women looked bored (there were three of them) so I assume he was keeping them entertained by gambling or something... Dark Druid showed up with Richard Finch, an author who is writing a book entitled "The underground road map through cyberspace" Oh, yeah. This guy still owes me a copy of the video tapes from the convention. Basically a snake. Said he would send me a copy of them, and then moved and changed his number. We located him and he said he would send them again. Not. L00zer. Dark Druid was cool, though, and was franticly looking for alcohol to comfort him after the long drive. One person I met worked for Logicon, SOF Weapon Systems, doing "Nuclear event testing." Basically his job is to see if he can break in and cause a simulated "event" (missile launch, detonation, etc.) to happen. I'll invite this guy to speak at DEF CON ][ for sure. Not that people are going to hack silos, but it was very interesting to say the least. It was decided it was time for a "Death Star" raid (we had spotted the local AT&T office with a billion repeaters and microwave shit on the roof) and rounded up a crew to go attack it. Of course Red Five was standing by (Ow!) and Gillian offered to rent a limo to go trashing in. It turned out that it would take 1/2 hour to get the limo, so we went in two cars instead. After getting lost in the Las Vegas Hell we found the target. Fences everywhere, a guard patrolling, and an unprotected dumpster just by the fences. Red Five radioed to his friend, we coordinated an attack plan. I laid down flat in the back of the truck, another car was "blocker" on the street. We turned in, screeched up to the treasure chest, I bailed out and hurled the bags into the truck and pounced on top of them to the papers wouldn't fly out as we hauled ass outta there. Those Vegas telco employees eat more dino-sized McMeals and burgers than I can count. My body was almost covered in apple pie containers and happy meals, yuck. We hauled the find up to the room, and the people who were still up dived on it. Jamin the Shamin went bonkers rooting through crap, and I think White Ninja was sportin' wood. People got some interesting items (catalogues, some x.25 phone numbers, etc..) while I got to clean up the mess, er, wreckage in the room. Everyone pitched in and by two thirty a.m. it was time to snooze. Everyone took off to wherever they were going, and a few people stuck around to crash in the conference room. It seems over the night that the late shift of security personnel were not informed that I had the conference room 24 hours. They showed up at around four a.m. and saw Code Ripper, The Prophet and Merc crashed out and they went nuts. At first they asked them to leave to room. The Prophet explained that the room was rented 24 hours, and they didn't care. He then asked to talk to the assistant manager. They didn't like this and called in the goons. Like five or more guards showed up. In Las Vegas the goons carry guns. These guys asked to have 'em leave and Code Ripper and Merc were like "Sure, no prob. Later!" The Prophet continued to bitch and got a personal interview with head guard man and then a personal boot off the hotel's property. Saturday morning I get a fax that Allen Grogan (Editor of the Computer Lawyer) won't be able to make it because of a family emergency. That's one less speaker. Already Count Zero's dad went ballistic when he found out his son might speak at the con. He threatened to sue me if he showed up. Dude, chill, it's your son, not mine. It turns out he called the Sands Hotel ranting and raving at anyone he could. Moreen said, "he was spouting off things about law suits and some such, so I transferred him to legal." What a kook. Midnight Sorrow (used to run CCi) backed out too after his phone bills reached like half of the national debt. ErikB spent too much money at SCon and he bailed out also. They were dropping like flies! Scott Simpson wasn't about to show up after his door was kicked in with the help of various federal agencies, either. Oh well, we still had a full speaking list. Robert X. Cringly from Info World was there, a photographer from Mac World, John Littman, Unix World (<- an evil review.. don't believe it.. it was all wrong and jumbled. Rik Farrow messed it up) another photographer who took the picture that ended up in New Media was there. The photographer (Who turned out to be Karnow's sister) gathered some "cyberpunk" looking people together for it.. needless to say I wasn't in it. She bought a bunch of alcohol for everyone, so that wasn't so bad. I did a little blurb welcoming everyone and talking about my run in at the Seattle 2600 meeting a few weeks before, and then let Ray K. start off the convention. About halfway through the talks before lunch, the X. Cringe factor got a cellular phone call, and got up to leave the room so as not to disturb the audience. He was about halfway towards the door when you could hear scanners turning on all over the room (well, OK, three of them) and a coordinated effort was put forth to find his call. Some start at the low frequencies and worked up, and some at the high frequencies and worked down. It turns out it was only Pammy, and no super secret industry gossip. Bummer. I'm not going to cover exactly what the speakers had to say because I wouldn't know what to include and what not too. Get the tapes, or ftp the huge digitized speeches off the ftp site (cyberspace.com /pub/defcon) and listen to 'em. We tried to make typed transcripts, but they were a nightmare, so we gave up on it. This is basically what was covered: Ray Kaplan did a verbal sample of the attendees, and then went on to talk about morality and the hacking ethic. He came across pro-responsible-hacker, but managed to get into a debate with Torquamada who though he was preaching too much. A good exchange, and his talk reminded me of some of the stuff you hear on IRC late at night when #hack becomes #hack-politics, only better. Gail Thackery spoke about where the law is coming from in all this, and was very straight forward with a no shit attitude. She said she loved capturing and collecting all the log in screens of bbs systems that have lame disclaimers like "If you are a fed you can't log on here. If you press 'y' you can never narc on me." She swaps 'em with her other law enforcement friends. As a side note we were selling hack pads and bbs pads that attempted to organize all the notes people make in the course of things. It seems every one who gets nabbed gets nabbed with their "bust-me book" You know, that note pad with all the incriminating evidence on it that everyone keeps. Well we figured we'd at least make things easier so we had these pads. Gail looked them over and made a comment like, "Oh, those look just like ours except we have a space for the case number in the upper right hand corner." Judy Clark from the CPSR spoke about the role of the CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) as opposed to that of the EFF which is almost entirely, well, er, it is, sponsored by large corporations including computer and telephone interests. She spoke about privacy issues and what to do if you are interested in getting involved. There was a panel discussion with Gail and Ray K fielding questions from the audience. Ray talked about how security is useless unless the employers and employees are willing to change their way of working. It's not as simple as installing the latest and greatest security packages. Kurt Karnow works as an attorney for a San Fransisco law firm that represents large companies such as AT&T and Sega. He spoke about "ZUI" or Zero User Interface as envisioned in the future with VR equipment. He talked about how impossible it is to debug any large program 100%, and that mistakes and problems will occur. He talked of a recent case he worked on, where the makers of "Sim City" made "Sim Oil Refinery" for a large oil company. The company was concerned that if their software was programmed incorrectly, and they find that out by having a refinery explode when the employees did something they were trained to do, that they could loose all. Kurt was also great is shamelessly hoping some for a few good accidents so he could finance his kids through college. A very well informed and easy to talk to person. Dr. Mark Ludwig Spoke about the philosophy behind his virii programming analysis. It was almost a political talk about the invasive government policies and the desire of the Federal System to be the know all and be all in the future. He spoke about their attempts to restrict encryption technologies. He announced that he has come up with a virus that acts as a software delivery service for the IDEA encryption algorithm. When you insert this disk, or get the "infection" it asks if you want to encrypt your fixed disk, and then asks for your password. Any floppy that is inserted on your system gets encrypted and infected with the password of your choice. You can toggle the encryption on and off, un-install your hard drive, etc. He posed the question to the crowd, "What if everyone woke up one day and all their data was safely encrypted? If encryption became the standard, people would have less to fear from Big Brother." I've got the virus, called the KOH virus, currently being updated, and will bring it to Pump Con ][, Ho Ho, Etc. for anyone interested. Dead Addict spoke on the past and the future as he sees it of the Computer Underground's various factions. The increase of people on the net and the use of more and more networks will yield rich lands to be explored. It turned into a question and answer with people discussing their view on where things are going. Dan Farmer spoke on Unix security. He was very good and sounded very well informed. He has learned his tricks monitoring the 30,000 or so workstations used by Sun Microsystem and else where over the years. He talked about how people get caught and what to do about it. How sysadmins usually monitor and maintain their systems. Basically he was bored with password crackers and lame passwords. He focused on the creative ways to get root. "If you can gain access enough to execute one command on the victim computer, you should be able to get root." He avoided bugs and problems that will be fixed, and focused on flaws in the way systems and networks are set up. Dark Druid talked about his bust and how it sucks not to be charged and still not have his equipment back after it was seized. Right as the group was breaking up someone did a quick impromptu demonstration to a few people of a laptop plugged into the diagnostic port of a cell phone that allowed all types of crazy activity. People broke into groups and went out for dinner. I ended up with Gail Thackery, Gillian the reporter, Kurt Karnow, the sysadmin of cyberspace and a few others. General B.S. about government plots and assassinations ensued with real discussions branching off. Because there are no clocks anywhere in Las Vegas we kinda lost track of time, and wandered back to the hotel in an hour or so. People changed and the broke off to do their thing. I ran into a guy from SGI security at the bar, and then Dan Farmer, and then Aleph One, and then fuck, it seemed like a mini con at the bar. People were drinking like fiends, and Gail showed up with Gillian and the crowd from L.A. and the San Francisco 2600 group was there drinking too. Gail was chain smoking and pounding Johnny Walker straight, drinking most of us under the table. I think that shocked more people more than anything else! We finally got a thinly clad waitress to take a group picture, where everyone is all smiles and laughing, and Gail has this evil frown looking like this is the last place on earth she wants to be. Right as the pic is taken someone goes to fake pour a drink on her head, making for a great picture WHICH I STILL DON'T HAVE! (Aleph One, send me that digitized picture so I can stick it on the ftp site) Sunday people just hung out to bull-shit about whatever, with groups forming on and off till everyone took off for home. Someone approached me and let me know that they had the password for the Sands Hotel Vax system and the barrier code for their PBX. "If the hotel gave you too much trouble, just let me know." You would think that after years of mob and crime action the casino would have a functional security set up. Not. That was area code 702 for anyone interested in scanning it. A few of use were sitting around waiting for time to pass when I found a bunch of wires wrapped together from the death star raid Friday night. It sort of looked like a mini whip, and was immediately termed the "Def Con Cyber-Whip" Needless to say, we had to present the Cyber-Whip to Dan Farmer for his excellent contribution mention of a.s.b. during his speech that seemed to cause the most gossip. Hacking a network? No problem. Talking about a.s.b.? OuTrAgEoUs! People are so funny. Anyway, Dan is now the keeper of the Cyber-Whip. We'll try to come up with a more formal presentation next year. That should drive the media nuts. Hey, with a little help from ErikB for video entertainment maybe create a Def Con dungeon. Ha! Ok, it's late. Hackers are such sick people. A lot of people made great contacts and I'm still hearing of people who are working with their new contacts doing "things" I managed to weasel a job out of the deal, writing a small monthly column in New Media Magazine (as my editor puts it) on "Interesting things that could only happen on the net." This gets translated to reading a bunch of newsgroups in a futile attempt to find something that would be amusing to the readership. If you guys have any good rumors you want mentioned, just feed 'em to me in e-mail. Overall a good time. We planned for about 100 people max, and we got just around 110 or so. Our blurb in 2600 came out late, Mondo 2000 missed an issue and Wired messed up hard core twice. I had mailed LR inviting someone to attend and asking if we could get a mention in the upcoming events section. He said sure, just e-mail me. I did that and nothing happened. I talked to him, and he said I should send it to someone else at Wired, which I did. It wasn't in the next issue either! Right before the con I got e-mail form someone at Wired asking me if the convention was still on and what its status was. They are nice people there, just a little bit confused or busy. This was happening right after wired.com got hacked so they might have been preoccupied. This year we won't miss any deadlines and make sure that the word gets spread well in advance so we can get a greater turn out, but for a first attempt it went over well. No fights, fire alarms pulled or people vomiting on the gamblers. The things that could be improved like more technical speeches, etc., will all be fixed in DEF CON ][. We'll have midnight tech talks, terminals hooked up to the net for people to IRC on or whatever, and additional speeches on Sunday so people have an excuse to stick around that day. [Generic closing statement omitted] The Dark Tangent dtangent@defcon.org ******************************************************************************* Top 23(!) things learned at DEF CON 1 By The White Ninja "Jesus Hacks! Why don't YOU?" This text file idea blatantly leeched from: SummerCon! 1. Casino offices can be full of fun!! 2. Casinos generally don't appreciate it when you explore their offices.... 3. Yes, some people ARE capable of gambling away $167 in an hour! 4. You can get reasonable conference discounts on prostitution in Nevada. 5. One can survive for 3 days in Vegas on $12 and a gift certificate. 6. Viruses are our friends. 7. Give a Casino security guard a walkie-talkie and he'll swear he's the center of the universe. 8. Don't commit a felony in front of Gail Thackery. 9. The people who work at the Death Star throw the darndest things in the trash! 10. Pirates and Theives ONLY! 11. If you harass a hotel telephone operator long enough she WILL send security. 12. When using ITT ask for BOB... 13. Metal plates screwed to your hotel room ceiling generally constitute a bad sign. 14. Don't forget to Hack the BED! 15. You know your in deep shit when THEY aim an IR-Mic at your window. 16. Setting 11 fires in selected parts of the city is probably a bad idea. 17. The guy who looks most like a fed probably writes for LOOMPANICS. 18. The guy who looks least like a fed probably does security for SUN. 19. As a general rule, don't hack the hotel PBX unless you're giving them a better credit rating. 20. If your wondering where all those C-64 warez kidz went, try talking to some of the beggars in Vegas. 21. Those COCOTS were gold plated for a REASON! 22. If you plan to stay the night in a hotel, make sure you get a room there. 23. "0K, dit rating. 20. If your wondering where all those C-64 warez kidz went, try talking to some of the beggars in Vegas. 21. Those COCOTS were gold plated for a REASON! 22. If you plan to stay the night in a hotel, make sure you get a room there. 23. "0K, this is my new PGP key for use in sensitive matters. Heck, use it for unsensitive matters.. people sniff packets 'ya know." ******************************************************************************* What Was Your Best Hack September, 1993 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (New Media) (Page 14) [Asked at Def Con 1, the first formal gathering of the hacker community to discuss security, viruses and the law.] Mike Winters, 19, Seattle Claims to have hacked into GMAC and then held a conference call with GM's VP of Finance to help him "secure the system." HB, San Mateo, California Broke into a system to counterfeit checks to "show his employers how easy it was." Got arrested with two years probation and 24 days of community service. Gail Thackeray, 44, Deputy County Attorney, Phoenix A Hacker had broken into a voice mail system and was using it as a code line. The company could not take down the system until the prosecutors were ready to make a case. When they did, the company blocked all access and changed the greeting to a song parody of "Hey Jude" called "Hey Dood," which really infuriated the hacker. ******************************************************************************* Dead Addict At Def Con September, 1993 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by Gillian Newson (New Media) (Page 119) ["The oldest cyberchick" hangs with the Def Con Posse and discovers the joys of trashing.] ******************************************************************************* READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ]]] ]] ] ]] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]]]^^^^]]]]]]]]]]]]] ]] ] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]]^^^^^^]]]]] ] ] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]^^^^^^^^]]]]] ]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]^^^^^^^^^^]]] ] ]]]]]]]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]^^^^^^^^^^^^]]]]]]]]]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]^^^^^^^^^^^^^^]]]]]] ]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]^^^^^^^^^^^^]]]]]]]] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]^^^^^^^^^^]]]]]]]] ] ]] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]^^^^^^^^]]]]]]] ]]] ]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]]^^^^^^]]]]]]] ] ] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]]]^^^^]]]]]]]]]]] ]] ] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ] DEF CON ][ Initial Announcement READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE & READ & DISTRIBUTE WTF is this? This is the initial announcement and invitation to DEF CON ][, a convention for the "underground" elements of the computer culture. We try to target the (Fill in your favorite word here): Hackers, Phreaks, Hammies, Virii coders, programmers, crackers, Cyberpunk Wannabees, Civil Liberties Groups, CypherPunks, Futurists, etc.. WHO: You know who you are, you shady characters. WHAT: A convention for you to meet, party, and listen to some speeches that you would normally never hear. WHEN: July 22, 23, 24 - 1994 WHERE: Las Vegas, Nevada @ The Sahara Hotel So you heard about DEF CON I, and want to hit part ][? You heard about the parties, the info discussed, the bizarre atmosphere of Las Vegas and want to check it out in person? Load up your laptop muffy, we're heading to Vegas! Here is what Three out of Three people said about last years convention: "DEF CON I, last week in Las Vegas, was both the strangest and the best computer event I have attended in years." -- Robert X. Cringely, Info World "Toto, I don't think we're at COMDEX anymore." -- Coderipper, Gray Areas "Soon we were at the hotel going through the spoils: fax sheets, catalogs, bits of torn paper, a few McDonald's Dino-Meals and lots of coffee grounds. The documents disappeared in seconds." -- Gillian Newson, New Media Magazine DESCRIPTION: Last year we held DEF CON I, which went over great, and this year we are planning on being bigger and better. We have expanded the number of speakers to included midnight tech talks and additional speaking on Sunday. We attempt to bring the underground into contact with "legitimate" speakers. Sure it's great to meet and party with fellow hackers, but besides that we try to provide information and speakers in a forum that can't be found at other conferences. WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR: This year will be much larger and more organized than last year. We have a much larger meeting area, and have better name recognition. Because of this we will have more speakers on broader topics, we plan on having a slip connection with multiple terminals and an IRC connection provided by cyberspace.com. We are trying to arrange a VR demo of some sort. Dr. Ludwig will present this years virus creation award. There will be door prizes, and as usual a bigger and better "Spot The Fed" contest. If you are elite enough to handle it, there should be the returning of the Cyber-Whip and the beginning of a new one. We'll try to get an interesting video or two for people to watch. If you have any cool footage you want shown, email me with more information. WHO IS SPEAKING: We are still lining up speakers, but we have several people who have expressed interest in speaking, including Dr. Mark Ludwig (Little Black Book Of Computer Viruses), Phillip Zimmerman (PGP), The Mentor (Steve Jackson Games), Ken Phillips (Meta Information), and Jackal (Radio) to name a few, plus there should be a mystery speaker via video conference. We are still contacting various groups and individuals, and don't want to say anything until we are as sure as we can be. If you think you are interested in speaking on a self selected topic, please contact me. As the speaking list is completed there will be another announcement letting people know who is expected to talk, and on what topic. WHERE THIS THING IS: It's in Las Vegas, the town that never sleeps. Really. There are no clocks anywhere in an attempt to lull you into believing the day never ends. Talk about virtual reality, this place fits the bill with no clunky hardware. If you have a buzz you may never know the difference. It will be at the Sahara Hotel. Intel as follows: The Sahara Hotel 1.800.634.6078 Room Rates: Single/Double $55, Suite $120 (Usually $200) + 8% tax Transportation: Shuttles from the airport for cheap NOTES: Please make it clear you are registering for the DEF CON ][ convention to get the room rates. Our convention space price is based on how many people register. Register under a false name if it makes you feel better, 'cuz the more that register the better for my pocket book. No one under 21 can rent a room by themselves, so get your buddy who is 21 to rent for you and crash out. Don't let the hotel people get their hands on your baggage, or there is a mandatory $3 group baggage fee. Vegas has killer unions. COST: Cost is whatever you pay for a hotel room split however many ways, plus $15 if you preregister, or $30 at the door. This gets you a nifty 24 bit color name tag (We're gonna make it niftier this year) and your foot in the door. There are fast food places all over, and there is alcohol all over the place, the trick is to get it during a happy hour for maximum cheapness. FOR MORE INFORMATION: For InterNet users, there is a DEF CON anonymous ftp site at cyberspace.com in /pub/defcon. There are digitized pictures, digitized speeches and text files with the latest up to date info available. For email users, you can email dtangent@defcon.org for more information. For Snail Mail send to DEF CON, 2702 E. Madison Street, Seattle, WA, 99207 For Voice Mail and maybe a human, 0-700-TANGENT on an AT&T phone. A DEF CON Mailing list is maintained, and the latest announcements are mailed automatically to you. If you wish to be added to the list just send email to dtangent@defcon.org. We also maintain a chat mailing list where people can talk to one another and plan rides, talk, whatever. If you request to be on this list your email address will be shown to everyone, just so you are aware. STUFF TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON: > Tapes of last years speakers (four 90 minute tapes) are available for $20 > DEF CON I tee-shirts (white, large only) with large color logo on the front, and on the back the Fourth Amendment, past and present. This is shirt v 1.1 with no type-o's. These are $20, and sweatshirts are $25. > Pre-Register for next year in advance for $15 and save half. > Make all checks/money orders/etc. out to DEF CON, and mail to the address above. If you have any confidential info to send, use this PGP key to encrypt: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQCrAiyI6OcAAAEE8Mh1YApQOOfCZ8YGQ9BxrRNMbK8rP8xpFCm4W7S6Nqu4Uhpo dLfIfb/kEWDyLreM6ers4eEP6odZALTRvFdsoBGeAx0LUrbFhImxqtRsejMufWNf uZ9PtGD1yEtxwqh4CxxC8glNA9AFXBpjgAZ7eFvtOREYjYO6TH9sOdZSa8ahW7YQ hXatVxhlQqve99fY2J83D5z35rGddDV5azd9AAUTtCZUaGUgRGFyayBUYW5nZW50 IDxkdGFuZ2VudEBkZWZjb24ub3JnPg== =ko7s -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----