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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. A gap? by saintlupus · · Score: 5, Informative

    There has long been a disconnect between academic computer security and underground forums like Black Hat and Phrack.

    Just because "academics" don't introduce themselves as such to the script kiddies, doesn't mean that we're not around.

    --saint

  2. There's your problem. by mcmonkey · · Score: 3, Informative

    This doesn't seem to have anything to do with hackers at all.

    You want crackers. Two doors down.