[Dailydave] Have all the best security conferences moved overseas?

[Dave Korn]

On 29 June 2007 22:51, Security Admin (NetSec) wrote:

> "If it is because they feared legal ramifications in the US"
> 
> Yes, that was the point I was trying to make.  Disparaging Blackhat was not
> my intent. I attend Black Hat conferences in both hemispheres, and have
> found the dialog to be much better overseas.  
> 
> Edward Ray

  Nah.  It's because they feared ridicule and humiliation in the US.  The talk
was pulled by the authors for the almost certain reason that they couldn't
actually do what they claimed they had.  It was snake oil all along.

  The Amsterdam talk revealed them to be talentless plagiarists with no skills
beyond self-promotion and hype, they presented a crudely hacked up copy of
eEye's bootroot project as if it were original work.  See the archives for
more...

  They'll probably try to use legal repercussions as an excuse for their
backpedalling, though, now that someone's suggested it.  They're good at
picking up on other people's ideas like that.

  The issue of legal attacks being used to suppress research and the free
dissemination of information in the US is a very serious one, but this
incident has nothing to do with it.

    cheers,
      Dave 'I told you so ' K
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