Garrett Gee

Just like always, Black Hat was great. I got learn a bunch, and met a lot of interesting people. Most of the speakers were excellent, but some of them could use lessons in public speaking.
I did have an issue with a lousy training class, but the Black Hat staff quickly helped me change into one […]

The vendor area seemed to grow a little bit more this year, and there was no shortage of SWAG from them. I am happy to see vendors showing up at a conference like this, as it allows us to talk to them in a more open environment.

I have no idea who printed the ‘I am […]

A conference wouldn’t be complete if there weren’t vendor parties at night.
The best one I attended was the SPI Dynamics party at TAO. They had an open bar serving top shelf liquor, and they had an assortment of appetizers like sushi, lobster and shrimp dumplings, chilean sea bass, and kobe beef sliders.
Other parties […]

After the Premature Ajax-ulation talk by Bryan Sullivan and Billy Hoffman, they announced a contest of who can place a SPI bumper sticker in the best, most creative place during the conference.
I wasn’t planning on participating in this event, but someone saw that I had a camera, and he needed help in his entry. I […]

Another first time event was a competition between two groups of two, to identify as many vulnerabilities in jspwiki within an hour.

There were two commentators to explain was what going on. Looking at people find vulnerabilities in a web application is somewhat boring, but the commentators kept it interesting with funny interview questions.
In […]

In the beginning of Jennifer’s talk to on disclosure and intellectual property law, she stated that she will be working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) starting next month. Her reason for leaving Stanford is that she is done with creating good lawyers, now she wants to create better law. The crowds cheered as she […]