DEFCON hacking conference has suffered significant growing pains. Getting between sessions meant pushing through crowds reminiscent of major crossroads in Tokyo. Microsoft doesnt pay for vulnerabilities. Microsoft has stuck doggedly with a position it articulated almost a decade ago, refusing to offer monetary rewards for information on software holes. The take-down of the Rustock botnet in March gave Microsoft another head for its mantle: two in just the last year. Microsofts success in building a legal basis for moving against botnets is an even bigger achievement.”]