http://www.computerworld.com/article/2974662/network-security/wi-fi-at-def-con-dealing-with-the-worlds-most-dangerous-network.html
By Michael Horowitz
Computerworld
Aug 23, 2015
The wireless network at the DEF CON hacker conference has been called the
most dangerous in the world. Members of the press were warned beforehand
that "This is a Hacker Con, so consider the public network at DEF CON
profoundly hostile! ... keep your Wi-fi and Bluetooth disabled as much as
possible." The press room at the conference offered a private Ethernet
connection to the outside world. I heard that staff at the DEF CON hotels
(Paris and Bally's in Las Vegas) were telling guests to turn off their
Wi-Fi.
In the days after the conference, I ran across four articles from people
who attended DEF CON, all with a common theme of avoiding the Wi-Fi.
My defensive stance was taking a Chromebook to the conference. I used the
machine, offline, to take notes, saving a copy both to a thumbnail sized
USB flash drive and the internal Chromebook storage.
There were two Wi-Fi networks at DEF CON, one was totally open and the
other locked down with WPA2/ 802.1x (a.k.a WPA2 Enterprise).
Perhaps I'm naive, but I felt no danger connecting the Chromebook to the
public, open, unsecure network. Of course, I would only do so in Guest
Mode.
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