BinCon Mo' Better then Defcon

Joe writes: " Software Programmers are coming to listen to their nemesis, the crackers. There is a conference taking place in March that will feature actual software and how it is cracked. This is in effort help programmers understand how they are being comprimised. The conference will also feature security related topics. Think your software can stand up to "the crackers"? Submit it to the site. http://bincon.binnews.com or email the coordinator at d9@binnews.com. The cost is very reasonable.. I will be there!""

Comments

Sorry, dont think so.

[iamsure]

I have attended DefCon, and this doesnt sound anywhere near better.

DefCon is a great chance to meet and greet, but it is also a very cool place to learn anything and everything.

As to using it for the SPECIFIC purpose of testing a piece of software, I must say that the Capture The Flag network is the place to do that, and that NO network will EVER come close to presenting the level of attack that network does.

Ever.

This is now illegal in the US

[FattMattP]

In case you haven't heard, Bush has signed the USA PATRIOT act making these actions at this conference a criminal offence. I wouldn't go to this conference unless you are prepared to be arrested and spend an indefinite amount of time in jail without being charged. Remember: cracking programs is now a terrorist action.