I would almost think that bouncing between a bar of sorts (Applebees or some sort of place with a large enough area to meet together) and an office building/conference room/even someone's house with a test environment would be ideal.
An AT&T building would not be. Michael Potts (904) 638-2914 On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > This needs to be forked into a new thread. I would NEVER consider > requesting my place of work to host a 2600 meeting. I value my job > more than that. > > JaxLUG on the other hand, is a different story. > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Mrdrjnkee <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Mr. Potts- while the 2600 meetings should not be > malicious, > > they do cover questionable topics and the majority of those in attendance > > would likely respond to a sign-in sheet with tinfoil hats. While I would > > love for the meetings to get started back up, they are probably best at a > > private venue. > > > > > > The town center and airport would probably NOT be a good place to > > practice. Being a public meeting, you never know who may show up, or who > > any of these people really are. Aside from issues of ethics or > legalities, > > learning in an environment (where you also don't know WHO you may be > > MITM'ing) is an excellent way to test the seriousness of the many > > cyber-laws. In the wake of facebook handing over more than 30 activists > to > > the feds (some of whom are being deported), anonymous being revealed in a > > mass roundup, and lulzsec losing their lulz-- the best bet is to all meet > in > > someone's garage, set up an AP or two, and pair up to work on things. > Then, > > do what you will. > > > > Going to jail for interstate telecommunications crimes would suck-- > > especially if it's because you practiced on the wrong user. > > > > Just my 2 cents. For what it's worth, I'm a C|EH and vulnerability > and > > forensics researcher. I would love to meet like-minded souls with whom > to > > learn and speak with, but I will not be conducting any illegal > activities. > > > > Hope to hear more about this and get something legitimate going. I > have > > a stack of Cisco firewalls, routers, switches, and various wireless > routers. > > > > I > > >
