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The Search for the Perfect Door - Deviant Ollam

Shakacon LLC · 1.4M views · 2016-08-01 · 50:50

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Overview

Deviant Ollam shows that most physical attacks on doors bypass the lock, with photo and video examples of how doors, frames and hardware get defeated. It is a physical security talk from Shakacon.

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HN recommends it as an interesting talk on how weak real-world door security is, and cites it for the stories of bad doors.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2023

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Security & hacking
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lathiat · 2018-12 · Recommendation

Deviant Ollam - The Hotel Room Gourmet [LINK] Also not 2018 but his elevator with Howard Payne talk: [LINK] (1h version) [LINK] (2h version) And the search for the perfect door: [VIDEO]

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winrid · 2018-10 · Recommendation

I hope this isn't too much of a stretch. Heard it recently and thought it was really interesting. [VIDEO]

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lathiat · 2017-09 · Recommendation

I realise the thread is phone phreaking related and that was kind of the point of your post; but in the spirit of the talk below to think more outside the box... There's a pretty good chance in many cases you can just open the external box with some easy to get (and relatively standard) key. And hit a button. Related: [LINK] This is a good related talk - goes outside the box on all the ways you can often get into commercial buildings without picking (or even in many cases, interacting with) the lock "The Search for the Perfect Door" by Deviant Ollam [VIDEO] Also good: [LINK] [Howard Payne & Deviant Ollam - This Key is Your Key, This Key is My Key] [LINK] [DEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse]

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