Aust hackers launch security conference

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Is it me... or is this article just quoting someone else and in a way that kind of insults them ? It seems the author has no real point so he just quotes the group and adds his little tidbits here and there. Or maybe I'm reading this wrong ?

Met

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000024985,20271423,00.htm

By Patrick Gray, ZDNet Australia
21 January 2003
   
A self-proclaimed "security conference for the Australian hacker
community, organised by the Australian hacker community" has been set
down for Sydney in April.

According to the conference organisers, Ruxcon focuses on "offensive"  
hacking techniques, as well as defensive security methodologies
designed to combat them. The conference will allow attendees to refine
their capabilities, potentially leading to an increase in the general
skill-level of Australian hackers.

However the group organising the event claim that it's not just for
"underground" hackers, but is "...an attempt to bring together the
individual talents of the Australian computer security sector".

Kdz, one of the self-described "sometimes underground" hackers in
charge of organising the conference, says for too long vendors have
dominated security events. He said it was time to organise a
conference that took the focus off products and put it back on
disseminating technical information.

"We did not want to turn the conference into a sales and marketing
exercise for security companies. The typical security conferences you
see in Australia today are all about selling products and services,"  
Kdz told ZDNet Australia .

The Ruxcon conference will be held over two days, and will feature
hacking competitions, presentations and "hands-on" workshops.

Kdz says the idea for the conference had been bouncing around for a
few years. He said the conference was originally going to be held in a
scout hall, "...but the project never successfully took off".

But, older and wiser, Kdz says this time "...we are better organised
and are attempting to reach a wider audience".

Despite Kdz's assertion that the conference is for everyone, there
will be a strong underground attendance. Rumours are circulating that
several "invitation only" events and informal workshops will be held
for the more elite members of Australia's hacking underground.

"As with any cool conference, there will of course be invite only
dinners, pub crawls, etc," Kdz said.

Ruxcon is being held at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on
the 12th-13th of April. Ruxcon have no official tie to UTS.

[Zerored]

sounds cool though...hey, does anybody have any ideas on how to set up your own personal testbox...i guess honeypot?