http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10072918-83.html By Marc Weber Tobias Security CNet News October 23, 2008 Once again I made the annual trek to a little town in the northern Netherlands, Sneek, to meet with about 75 colleagues to discuss the latest security issues and bypass techniques for locks, safes, and access control systems. LockCon, the new name for "The Dutch Open" is organized by Barry Wels and Han Fey. For the past six years, they have put together a three-day event, replete with lock picking contests, safe cracking demonstrations, and briefings on new security technologies. More importantly, the conference provides a forum for serious discussions and presentations about design flaws in security hardware, and new circumvention techniques. Barry Wels is actually a crypto expert for GSM phones, but is perhaps most well known in Europe for focusing attention on lock bumping in the Netherlands, through Toool (The Open Organization of Lock Pickers). Two significant events occurred at LockConthis year. On Friday, the director of research and development at Medeco High Security Locks gave a five-hour presentation on lock design. This is important because Medeco has finally recognized the value and contribution of the lock sport and professional bypass community and their ability to develop methods of compromise that manufacturers often seem incapable of determining in their own products. It is a real departure from the traditional approach of most lock makers, and one that I have supported and advocated for quite some time The following day, a detailed four-hour presentation and workshop was given by my co-author (Tobias Bluzmanis) and I regarding the bypass of Medeco m3 and Biaxial cylinders. For those who may be unfamiliar with the name, Medeco has been the predominant high security lock manufacturer in North America for the past 40 years. It's responsible for protecting residences, commercial locations, and the most secure government facilities in the U.S. and overseas. Its lock design was revolutionary and very secure, until we figured out the embedded design issue. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Fri Oct 24 2008 - 02:09:05 PDT
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