Laugh! If you take that Ubuntu install to DefCon and connect to the network there, every place you connect with/to authenticate to/with will be endangered. All of the sites you visit irregardless of protocol (encryption) will provide login/password and URL to others listening and MITM'ing. A VPN is your only partial protection (depending on what your using - no PPTP and easily encroached router firmware). Just do DefCon,there is enough to do, write about and learn while there. If you must work, get a room across town (in a cheap fleabag and drive over) although i*t should be noted that ANY protection you would make for DefCon needs to be made EVERYWHERE or you risk pwnership. * Someone brought a huge demagnetizer to DefCon 6, carrying it around in their backpack; everyone was stranded since they couldn't pay for their hotel or food, taxi's as about 800 cards were wiped. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Phil Waclawski wrote: > I already know not to bring your regular cell phone, and bring a "burn" > phone instead, and I'm bringing a laptop that will be a fresh kubuntu > install, locked down etc with nothing on it that I care about. > > Is there any reasonably secure way to use the internet at defcon, or is > that a pipe dream? I personally had just figured to use the laptop for > offline work (some blender training etc), but I am curious. > > Also, I will have to use my credit card to pay for the hotel, but that > will be the only time I use it (I plan on using cash as much as possible at > the event). Thankfully my credit card does not have rfid, but that doesn't > make it less vulnerable to shoulder surfing and other problems (fake card > readers etc). > > So, I've had a bit of advice from Chris Lewis, but I'm curious as to what > others think ;) > > Phil Waclawski > MCC CIS Faculty > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown