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Live From Rubi-Con 5!

Posted by timothy on from the perk-up-your-ears dept.

npongratz writes "Rubi Con 5, the premiere upper midwest security conference, is going on right now. Wanna get in on a piece of the action without leaving your computer? We are serving up streaming audio of the events, direct from Room B of the conference. Check out the exciting RC5 schedue and feel free to hammer away!"

72 comments

  1. Ooh Ohh! by fluxrad · · Score: 4, Funny
    the premiere upper midwest security conference

    This sounds like a pretty hot ticket on a saturday night.

    Topics from the convention:
    • Keeping your herd safe: Advances in electric fence technology
    • Screen door lock breaking and you!
    • Sheepdogs, Cattleguards, and Firewalling "Amish style"
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    "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
    1. Re:Ooh Ohh! by Blaine+Hilton · · Score: 1

      Just because there are more corn fields then people doesn't meen they can't have a great security conference. I'm sure there are also people from both coasts traveling to this thing too.

    2. Re:Ooh Ohh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      The Amish are from southern PA, not the midwest.

    3. Re:Ooh Ohh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      RubiCon is in Detroit. There aren't herds of anything there, windows have bars, and there definitely aren't any Amish.

    4. Re:Ooh Ohh! by fluxrad · · Score: 1

      Poetic license. I know where Amish country is.

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      "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
    5. Re:Ooh Ohh! by Deal-a-Neil · · Score: 1

      I swear, Michigan gets no respect. ;-) Remember where /. came from.

    6. Re:Ooh Ohh! by Flamerule · · Score: 1
      I swear, Michigan gets no respect. ;-) Remember where /. came from.
      *chokes* Why do you think Michigan gets no respect in the first place?!
  2. /...ed already by Tuna_Shooter · · Score: 1

    It's toast....

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  3. Uhhh What? by Drunken+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    From the site
    And in the flash of picoseconds and the dark spaces of silicon gates and the invisible matrix of fiendish complexity which sits unfurling before the trembling fingers of those with the patience, undying curiosity and (let's just say it) genius to sling a pebble where others would hurl a mountain, one wonders why there stands disharmony between any who see this invisible world; between any who divine and any who would uncoil the wizard mazes which bind our terrible secrets and our teeming oceans of endless information.

    We bridge the duality. We unite the twins of our digital age, and show each what they are, what they were, and what they may be.

    Black. White. We stand outside the duality. We are gray.

    And the women! You can't forget the women!
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    Have you been stalked by Seth today?
    1. Re:Uhhh What? by Syncroswitch · · Score: 1

      These would be midwestern women at a security conference... Can you pick a 4MEG crypto-locked chastity belt, I didnt think so

  4. The live stream by termos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I tuned in, and the first thing i heard was:
    w3 4r3 l33t h4x0rz, y00 d00rz! w47ch 0u7,k? 1 h4x0r y00 b0x0r.

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    Note to self: get smarter troll to guard door.
  5. LMMFAO by fluxrad · · Score: 1

    I soooo read that wrong. After mulling through the paragraph of bullshit prose:

    Black. White. We stand outside the duality. We are gay.

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    "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
  6. RC5 Schedule by abischof · · Score: 1

    Check out the exciting RC5 schedule and feel free to hammer away!

    Hmm, I would have thought RC5 schedule might have linked somewhere else ;).

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    Alex Bischoff
    HTML/CSS coder for hire

  7. Good Con. by FwOOm · · Score: 3, Informative

    I went last year, and had a good time. Spent most of the weekend drunk off my ass, but that was all part of it. They had a bit of a problem with immature little scriptkiddies running around, but a lot of good knowledgable speakers made up for it. Looks like this years is even better. Props to the organizers for all their hard work

  8. mirror by scubacuda · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here is a mirror just in case it gets /.ed.

  9. RuNubi? by CrazyJim0 · · Score: 1

    Man Anarchy Online was so fun with those talking leets. Yah... leets, the only thing I saw in Anarchy Online, because I couldn't zone.

    RubiCon? Wait we're not talking about Eskimos?

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    God spoke to me
  10. GOBBLES by scubacuda · · Score: 1
    On the speakers page it lists GOBBLES as one of the speakers on honeypots.

    Wired reported that the GOBBLES group posted a bogus security advisory regarding the RIAA contracting the hacking group to develop a "hydra-like computer worm that has already spread widely by exploiting security vulnerabilities in several popular music programs." (/. thread here)

    Thanks for the wakeup call, GOBBLES. :)

    1. Re:GOBBLES by platypus · · Score: 1
      The biography of Gobbles (also on the site) is fucking hillarious. They are (IMO) really a refreshing member of the securitiy scene. I take the freedom to quote it here for your convinience:

      During the mid 70's, a poor Lithuanian was blessed with the first of the total nine children they would have, a healthy son. Over the course of the next twelve years, he was given the greatest gift that any young Lithuanian could ask for -- the title of "Big Brother" to his eight younger brothers and sisters.

      The village in Lithuania that the family resided in (and, to date, still lives) was overrun with crime and corruption. Making an honest living was nearly impossible, and the family struggled on a daily basis just to get enough food to feed everyone.

      The oldest son was tempted to join a gang that his friends ran with, because it seemed to be the only thing he could do to help provide for his undernourished brothers and sisters. His father, who was a very wise man, saw what was going on and shared his insight on the matter.

      "Dearest Son," he said, "consider what it is you are doing, and how it will affect you later in life. It is better to live a meager life while being poor and honest, than to live a gluttonous and luxurious life as a criminal, since in the end its only your character that matters."

      These words didn't have an immediate affect on the boy, and he went ahead and joined the gang with his friends. And suddenly one day, he was abducted by a rival gang and held as collateral in exchange for properties held by his own gang. His friends had no interest in giving up the possessions in exchange for his life, and his fate seemed sealed.

      His father heard of the situation and found out where he was being held. Since the police force was corrupted already, and not interested in intervening, he had to take the matter into his own hands and attempt to rescue his son.

      During the rescue, he managed to free his son, but was mortally wounded by a gunshot as the two fled the building. As he lay dying, in his son's arms, he said, "Son, take heed of those words I have spoken to you before. As I pass, I will no longer be capable of providing for our family, and now the responsibility is fully yours. Understand that your current lifestyle is a threat to your own well being, which now affects the welfare of our family in a more severe way. Do what is right..." and then he passed on.

      The next day, the boy was working in the fields with the other poor, honest citizens of Lithuania, trying to make his father proud. The small amount of money he made depressed him and the family would often go several days without having any food. One day his mother walked in on him in the kitchen and silently observed him eating a full loaf of their bread, which was meant to last a week for the family. When he was done, she said to him, "Son, look at what you have done. You've gobbled down a weeks worth of our food."

      His youngest sister, who was three at the time, was also standing there silently. She said, "Stupid GOBBLES" to him -- a nickname that would stick for the rest of his life.

      The humiliation "GOBBLES" felt the next few months from having his family call him by nothing but GOBBLES was more than he could endure. He decided to leave his family and their insults behind, while he went to America to seek a better life, where the big dollar could be made and he could make enough money to better support his family, and not have to endure their constant insults. When he arrived in America, he realized exactly how much he missed his beloved family, and even in their annoying ways. He made the decision to be known as GOBBLES from then on, which is now how he introduces himself to anyone that meets him.

      In recent years, GOBBLES has found a job with Victoria's Secret as a photographer. In his spare time he started a computer security research group, which is now known as GOBBLES Security. Over time they have become an icon in the security world, well known for their controversial actions and what is largely thought of as being "Unethical Full Disclosure."

      GOBBLES will be presenting, "Project Honeynet: Know your Enemy" at 1800 on Saturday in Room A.

  11. Kathleen Fent...what a gal! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


  12. A gripe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    People do this all the time and it really gets annoying. Dearborn, Michigan is certainly not in the "Midwest". I mean come on now. Michigan is still in the eastern part of the US, at least the last time I looked at a map. You want to have a "Midwest" conference? Try Omaha, NE; Kansas City, KS or MO; or Oklahoma City, OK. Michigan is certainly NOT "Midwest". Hell it isn't even West. Why do people assume that everything west of New York is Midwest or "out west"? Grrrr....

    1. Re:A gripe by bluGill · · Score: 1

      At one time the US didn't extend byond the mississippi river, so anything west of the 13 origional colonies, was the west. As the Us expanded it was no longer accuarte to call it the west, but habbit was you still did. Eventially people fell into calling the old west the midwest, and the new west the west. (Of course now old west as a different connotation)

    2. Re:A gripe by luke911 · · Score: 1

      I would probally poop myself if someone actually held a security conference in oklahoma city. After being around computers 16 years I've only met a handfull of people in oklahoma that were interested in security.

    3. Re:A gripe by Jim_Hawkins · · Score: 1

      That bugs ya? How about the Asian culture -- to them, our whole damn continent is "The West" ;-)

      P.S. I don't mean to be disrespectful to Asians in anyway. Just trying to make a humerous point. If I failed, the mods will show.

    4. Re:A gripe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When they came up with these designations, the "east coast" was most of the country. Everything between Ohio and Idaho is just the "midwest". I don't like it either, but we're stuck with it.

    5. Re:A gripe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Back then everything past the original 13 was simply "West". However the Midwest did not make it's appearance until we actually settled the west coast. East and West at that time was decided by the Mississippi river. That made Kansas (my state) and Colorado and the states above and below those the "Midwest". The thought of someone calling Michigan "Midwest" is just plain nuts.

  13. 18th by 17-50th+post+robot · · Score: 0

    post thats right bitches i beez the shit i be rollin in my coupe deville smokin the tweeds and bumpin to kenny loggins and you best believe it you mark ass mutha fuckin bitches

  14. Feed for room A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anybody has a live feed to Room A????

  15. gee, thanks for that +1 informative post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    now please fuck off

  16. Audio hard to understand by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 1

    It's decent, kinda quiet and garbled, but intelligible... yet it's really hard to understand just the audio without seeing what's going on. It seems clear (for my quasi-feeble, 1-track mind) why people go to these events, versus just listening to them on the internet.

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    1. Re:Audio hard to understand by Futz_Jesus · · Score: 1

      Actually in contrast to last year, there doesn't seem to be a heavy reliance on visual aids. I would think most of the streams could be understandable.

  17. being from the upper midwest i decided to visit by 17-50th+post+robot · · Score: 0

    the conference and it was very uninformative at best and very corperate. from the microsoft brand toilet paper to the Gateway brand toilets, or maybe that was just a Gateway PC i have trouble recognizing the difference. If I were you i wouldnt waste my bandwith paying attention to the jackasses there

  18. gee, thanks for that -1 offtopic post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    bitch

  19. After the slashdotting... by Jugalator · · Score: 1

    ... will Rubi-Con 5 become Rubi-Con 1? :-P

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    1. Re:After the slashdotting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      get hit by a train

    2. Re:After the slashdotting... by Jugalator · · Score: 1

      naah, that would make you happy

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  20. Sourceforge Out of Business! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Looks like the sourceforge site is down for good...

  21. Imagine... by rob-fu · · Score: 1

    the smell of that room. Hope they brought clothespins, or surgical masks, or something...

  22. I'm listening to it right now by lateralus · · Score: 1

    Very cool. I appreciate the effort taken to broadcast this.

    I listen to quite a few streams regularly and this is a pretty well recorded stream for 24KBPS.

    What is the hardware being used to trasmit this?

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    If you outlaw the law, only criminals will have laws
    1. Re:I'm listening to it right now by npongratz · · Score: 1

      The following is directly from the guy doing the streaming:

      "Dell inspiron laptop, oddcast for win32 for shoutcast stream generation.
      lame codec is used here.
      shoutcast binary on freebsd on 10mbit link."

    2. Re:I'm listening to it right now by lateralus · · Score: 1

      Thanks,

      I'm amazed that streaming isn't more ubiquitous judging by the low end gear needed to run a decent stream. The ISPs still seem to be the bottleneck.

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    3. Re:I'm listening to it right now by npongratz · · Score: 1

      You're right, the stream doesn't require too much bandwidth. I think the bottleneck actually might be the upstream out of the hotel to the server at wi2600.org. The upstream is being shared by a couple hundred geeks at the conference. The bandwidth of the network that wi2600.org is on is definitely not the bottleneck.

  23. heresy! by wfmcwalter · · Score: 1
    Foolish Child! Surely you don't believe the "far coast" heresy?

    Lake Michigan has no "both coasts". There's nothing west of Manistee but endless waves and the occasional dragon. Get your facts straight next time, or be shunned.

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    1. Re:heresy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There's nothing west of Manistee but endless waves and the occasional dragon.

      I think Wisconsin is over there. Oh, now I get it...
  24. Anybody saving the entire mp3 streams? by kcurrie · · Score: 1

    I've just started saving the stream now (via xmms).
    I assume SOMEBODY will have the complete sessions available somewhere? Anybody??

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    1. Re:Anybody saving the entire mp3 streams? by npongratz · · Score: 2, Informative

      I would imagine WI2600's Mediawhore will eventually have the full audio of the conference.

    2. Re:Anybody saving the entire mp3 streams? by SUidRoot · · Score: 1

      there will be mp3's of the speaches on the rubi-con site when we can get them up.

  25. I'm there right now! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is Sodium from the super-hax0rs group, MOBSTER SUPER PIMPS. I'm actually AT RUBI CON RIGHT NOW! And I must say it's the sweetest shiznat fo my dizzle bizzle - Shout to Snoop.

  26. Local Mirror of Shoutcast Stream by chota · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those of you actually *at* RubiCon, you can go to http://10.69.69.69/ and click "Listen."

    This is a relay of the server, straight from the source, and won't kill our download stream as much as 20 users connecting to http://milwaukee2600.org:8000/

    Thx.

  27. Re:Local Mirror of Shoutcast Stream [Doh!] by chota · · Score: 0

    Doh! Didn't mean to say milwaukee2600.org, but rather wi2600.org.

  28. Hah by Adam9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just turned it on. After about 6 seconds, I hear, "I'm drunk as fuck and I have to speak for 2 minutes"

  29. From the title by mebon · · Score: 1
    Live from Rubi-Con 5!

    They've had 120 (5 factorial) of these conferences?!!

  30. More quotes... by MacGunner · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...it got Slashdotted?!?!? FUCK!"

    1. Re:More quotes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      haha i heard that right when i turned it on

  31. Went there for 2002 by The_Unforgiven · · Score: 1

    I live in the area, and went last year. Pretty neat stuff. I knod of regret not making it this year, but eh.

    No one steal the box with the mp3's of the speeches this year, eh? :P

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    1. Re:Went there for 2002 by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 1

      It was my box last year, and this year's did not get stolen. Be cutting up the MP3s soon.

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  32. slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    heard from beginning of Beat the geeks from one of the speaker peeps

    ...oh, we got slashdotted??...FUCK!!!

  33. Cussing and pretending... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This was absolutely horrible.

    These guys are "Experts"??

    Sheesh, I have learned more from my cats than this BS event.

  34. Is this being archived? by imadcow1 · · Score: 1

    Is anyone archiving this?

  35. Rubi-Con by 4d4m · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Having been at last years Rubi-Con, I know personally that it's pretty much a group of small time thugs and petty theives. Most of them know little to nothing. It was horrible. People stopped showing up for their speaking sections after they found out what it was like. Oh yeah. It's cool when you 'own' things in the hotel. Because 'owning' means 'destroying'. I liked the police dogs last year...

    1. Re:Rubi-Con by Kizzle · · Score: 1

      I just got back from the con today and it was nothing like that. I've heard some horor storys from past rubi-cons (this is my first one) but since they raised the admission price to 50 for students and 100 for adults, it seemed to get rid of all the losers.

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  36. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You forgot to replace the words in the last
    sentence.

  37. Re:gee, thanks for that.... dah by Tuna_Shooter · · Score: 1

    bastage

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