Everything about DEF CON
Annual hacker gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada
DEF CON is a hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, federal government employees, security researchers, students, and hackers with a general interest in software, computer architecture, hardware modification, conference badges, and anything else that can be "hacked". The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer and hacking-related subjects, as well as cyber-security challenges and competitions. Contests held during the event are extremely varied and can range from creating the longest Wi-Fi connection to finding the most effective way to cool a beer in the Nevada heat. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DEF CONA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Experimental study on flexural behaviour of DEF–ASR-affected prestressed concrete beamsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Cartesian meditationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sul moto d’un liquido indefinito con un filetto vorticoso di forma qualunqueCited 268 times
- Go sideways: Capture the flag (cybersecurity)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computer security conferenceA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sul moto d’un liquido indefinito con un filetto vorticoso di forma qualunque
Deferoxamine mesylate in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (i-DEF): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 2 trial
Con − Mutants: Class of Mutants in Escherichia coli K-12 Lacking a Major Cell Wall Protein and Defective in Conjugation and Adsorption of a Bacteriophage
Universe's High-Def Baby Picture Confirms Standard Theory
Investigation of the compressive behaviour of restrained concrete with DEF and ASR-DEF deteriorations
DETECTION OF DEF SYMPTOM USING MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS ON CONCRETE WITH COMBINED ASR AND DEF POTENTIALS
Def Con V computer hacker's heaven, corporate job fair
🆕 Influential since 2022
Experimental study on flexural behaviour of DEF–ASR-affected prestressed concrete beams
DEF of high-performance concrete with rapid, non-standard heat-treatment
Global analysis of DEF damage to concretes with and without fly-ash
Assessment of Concrete Impairments over Time Triggered by DEF
Diff-Def: Diffusion-Generated Deformation Fields for Conditional Atlases
📚 Books worth reading
Cartesian meditationsEdmund Husserl, Dorion Cairns · 1960
The Amsterdam ChroniclesBrian Christopher · 2013- 📕Def con OneJohn Simpson · 2009
Def con OneJohn Simpson · 2009
Freddy Krueger tiene AlzheimerCésar Strawberry · 2011- 📕Defensa y demostración del verdadero descubridor de las quinas de Santa FéSebastián José López Ruiz, José Celestino Mutis · 1802
Lady GagaPaul Lester · 2013
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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