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Black Hat, DEFCON Founder Named CSO of ICANN

Posted by timothy on from the they-like-people-who-like-upper-case dept.

ancientribe writes "Jeff Moss, aka 'The Dark Tangent,' and founder of the Black Hat security conference and DEFCON, the world's largest hacker conference, has been named VP and CSO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Moss will take on the position of Black Hat Conference Chair, where he will continue to play a key role in the development of conference and training content."

6 of 41 comments (clear)

  1. can't resist by demonbug · · Score: 5, Funny

    ICANN haz Black Hat?

    1. Re:can't resist by gman003 · · Score: 2

      This is not, however, vocal communication. This is textual communication, and there is not one glyph common to "have" and "of". Thus, in textual communication, it is indeed counterproductive and WRONG. My initial attempts to parse the sentence in question resulted in failure - it was only when I considered how it would be spoken that I realized his intent.

      This linguistic confusion is especially wrong coming from someone who, at the very least, is a hobbyist programmer (I checked Icegryphon's post history, he's made some rather knowledgeable posts about SMP libraries - if he's not a programmer, he fakes it VERY well). In programming, a mistake so little as a colon in place of a semicolon can be disastrous - thus, most programmers are unceasingly diligent about using precisely the right character.

  2. Unrelated to this.. by zAPPzAPP · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. a vulnerability in the process for finding new ICANN VPs has recently been discovered.
    Any exploits for this are currently unknown.

  3. Finally by Gallomimia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...someone who knows the the fuck they are doing in a regulatory position for the internet.

    --
    Sadly, a Libertarian cannot force his views on another, and freedom cannot spread as does the cancer known as religion.
  4. Best ... social ... engineering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    EVER!

  5. He has what it takes by strat · · Score: 2

    I think Jeff will do well, and told him as much. He's walking into an inherently political environment, and he has demonstrated his ability to be diplomatic in groups of mixed stakeholders. Perhaps more importantly, he isn't beholden to any one particular vendor, regulator or constituency, which is important if you ever have to make difficult decisions in the public eye.