Defcon Skytalks

I had the honor of speaking at Defcon Skytalks.  It was an awesome experience and I want to start off by saying Thank You to everyone involved (Bluknight, 303 and everyone else that volunteered to make this event happen.  You made Defcon the awesome experience it was. 

From the CFP

Do you have a topic that
* has to be cleared by a 3 (or 4) letter agency or department?
* would get you sued (or fired) if it were to show up on YouTube?
* discusses (un)ethical, dark, real world, ninja shit that can teach
people something useful?
* challenges the community and industry to fix "something that's broken?"
* demonstrates just how damn weak _________ is?
* -REMOVED FOR LEGAL REASONS-?
* discloses C-level exec's and lawyers' home addresses, phone numbers,
etc. for censoring the above?
* Can't be recorded? (NO AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDING IS ALLOWED)

Yes Skytalks is what many of us are looking for from Defcon.  There is some talk that Defcon is too commercial.  With 15,000 people and more lines than Disney World, it felt that way to me.  As many veterans will tell you about cons, they post videos and slide decks so make sure you get the good stuff that can only be obtained by being there. 

A tip for the n00bz: Sure you saw Dan Kaminsky live, but you also waisted 90 min before hand waiting in line.  Not good ROI.

I gave my talk Friday and I though it went well.

A couple people that helped me by telling me to submit a talk, telling me to check my demo and dive deeper, not killing me as I kicked off an all night Ruby session, and saying at the end of it, "Good Job... now let's go to the bar!"

@bluknight

@tkrabec

@d1sc0rd1an

@jcran

@hdmoore

Click here for a link to all of this year's Defcon Skytalks.