How not to get pwned at Defcon

[dninja at gmail.com (Robin Wood)]

2009/7/14 Colin Vallance <crvallance at gmail.com>:
> Starting the thread.
>
> First year going to Defcon for me so I'm just assuming everyone is out to
> get me.? Here are the precautions I'm taking but please feel free to point
> out flaws or additional items.
>
> Laptop running Linux w/ up to date patches
>
> Full drive encryption using Truecrypt
> Firewalled using iptables
> Laptop will be wiped clean upon departure

Sounds harsh but do you really need to take your laptop? I've been to
cons where I've not even got it out of the bag. I carried it round the
first day and left it in the hotel room the second.

You can check your mail and twitter on the iPhone, do you need much else?

Robin