DEFCON: The Documentary Page #5

equals everybody wins!

I, like many people here, will

not remember your real name.

There are lots of Steves, Jeffs, Chrises, and Bills, but

maybe only one, maybe two, with your unique handle.

Hopefully, you've picked a good and unique

handle to avoid conflicts in the namespace.

Create a good handle for yourself,

before someone creates it for you.

So I've got a question. Who

here is from other countries?

Wow.

That's impressive, thank you for coming

all the way to join us, you guys,

that's awesome that you came out.

DEF CON is truly an event and a

conference where you get out

what you put into it.

DEF CON is the one time a year where

everything that we do year-round

actually becomes physical.

All these people that you've met in IRC,

All these people you've been chatting to,

All these people you've been reading

their research, following their work,

looking at the different things

they're publishing... They're here.

Walk up to them, tell them that you

like their work, and buy them a beer.

They'll probably be your best friend.

That's one of the biggest things about

this crowd you've got to really swallow

is the fact we're all

super, super approachable.

You can be a wallflower here and still get

a lot out of it, but you're not gonna

get your 200 bucks worth, frankly.

You're gonna have to interact, work

with people, get to know people,

go party with people.

If you don't know something, be proud of that.

Be like "I don't know this."

Can you please teach me? Can you

please educate me and train me?"

This crowd loves spinning people up.

Take the time to go in and learn

from these people. They're geniuses,

truly geniuses, and some of the

best in the world in whatever it is

that they're presenting or working with.

So, take advantage of it, you guys, OK?

Alright, the next rule is

one that basically says

"The media is not your friend.

Don't trust them."

What do you think is the number

1 thing people misunderstand

when they show up to DEF CON?

That it's a den of illegal activity and

you're gonna come learn how to do really

neat, illegal, black hat, gonna get in

trouble if the FBI shows up at your door

and you should show up with your ski mask

on just so no one can know your identity.

What is it actually then?

It's a publicly funded, private party

for a bunch of really cool people.

Yeah, our reputation is... it's out

there, but people are proud of it

and I'm probably the only one who tries to go

around and go "It wasn't quite like that",

it was sorta like this."

I don't think people understand how much

goes into creating a show of this size.

DEF CON looks like this big amorphous jellyfish

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