[TriLUG] CarolinaCon | 4-6 March 2016

[Alan Porter via TriLUG]

> Hi, CarolinaCon is coming up soon, at Hilton in North Raleigh.

> But you know, it does not really say what CarolinaCon is!

CarolinaCon is a hacker convention.  It's a very informal gathering of 
tech-savvy
minds, in a convention-like setting (hotel meeting room with stage area 
and seats),
with planned technical talks on different aspects of security.  Some of 
the talks
are serious, some are academic, some are just plain silly or juvenile.  
There is
usually a mixture of security professionals, students, tech geeks, and 
military.
Some of the presentations are in the form of "white hat" talks (how to 
protect
systems) and some are more "black hat" (how to exploit systems). Alongside
the talks, there are usually side activities like "capture the flag" and 
a lock
picking village.

I have been to CarolinaCon several times, and I learned something at 
each one.

My take-aways from previous years:
http://blog.alanporter.com/?s=carolinacon

If you can spare the time to attend, CarolinaCon is definitely worth its 
admission
price.  I try to support them by buying a T-shirt even if I can't attend.


Alan