Why didn't you compete?

[bigezy]

Re: Why didn't you compete?

I agree with much that was said. The year my team won, I spent about 18 hours driving doing recon, so that when we got started the first day we had a good idea where to go. This is not a county fair, this is defcon. Its not about being fair and enjoyable, its about being clever and obsessively pursuing to your goal.

The contest will always be problematic. There are a lot of issues that have already been well stated. Maybe setting up an area and having a wifi village like the lockpick one is a good idea.

There could probably be a lot of value in setting up some kind of wireless security breakout area. I would be willing to help out. This years contest seemed to lack from not having enough information before the con.

Oh yeah, I do not compete anymore because I wanted to actually see a few things during the con.


Turning cloaking mode back on.
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[Jim_in_mesa]

Re: Why didn't you compete?

Just trying to get a sense from people as to why it was only 2 teams in the wireless contest this year...

...So what's kept you from competing?

I did not see any announcements about wireless contests. Were there any?

[renderman]

Re: Why didn't you compete?

I did not see any announcements about wireless contests. Were there any?

Point well taken :)

[TheCotMan]

Re: Why didn't you compete?

I did not see any announcements about wireless contests. Were there any?

On the forums, we created a subforum for it about 5 months before con (If I recall correctly) but I think that the organizers were out of contact by email when the window for submissions for the program and main web-space was open. 1 and 2.

I seem to recall trying to contact thorn to pressure him to get the stuff in on time, but someone else told me he was not near a place with email access. I did not have any other organizers to contact, so I sort of stopped my peer pressure attacks.

[IrishMASMS]

Re: Why didn't you compete?

Just because the info on the WiFi contests were posted to the forums does not make it a good announcement. I just started lurking on the forums, after attending a few yeares & the RSS feed being added for new postings. If it is not on the website, is it (more) official (or rather unofficial)? Most of your outsiders that attend this party tend to think so.

I am dissapointed - tried getting a team together the last 2 years and failed. Lack of interest/wanting to catch sessions/wanting other things/etc. I figured that now as a local I could ace the wardrive - and it is not even going on any longer. GRRRRR!


What about the same, but for bluetooth?