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Bridging the Gap Between Hackers and Academics

Posted by kdawson on from the black-hats-in-gowns dept.

Tal Garfinkel writes "There has long been a disconnect between academic computer security and underground forums like Black Hat and Phrack. A new USENIX-sponsored workshop called WOOT (Workshop On Offensive Technologies) is looking to bridge that gap by providing a high-quality, peer-reviewed forum for attack papers, with top reviewers from the academic, open source, commercial IT, and information warfare communities. Got a great attack paper? See if it makes the cut at WOOT."

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  1. Creating... by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the Hackademic. Ba-dum-bum. I'm here all week.

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  2. A lot about hacking, not so much about bandwidth by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently the disconnect may have to do with how bandwidth works, because that site is slashdotted all to hell now! Either that, or during that long delay, they were hacking into my PC. Anyone else get the jitters when they go to a website about hacking and it just sits there and grinds in the browser?

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  3. Re:WOOT? by EvanED · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was 2002, before the P took the place of zero.

    But I agree, if it were to be published today, that would be the "proper" title.

  4. My paper wuz rejected. by minotaurcomputing · · Score: 4, Funny

    My paper, "How to Pwn n00b Sys Admins" wuz turned down by teh pier reveiw commitee bcuz they sed i had bad grammer.
    teh suxors im l33t
    -m