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Felix "fx" Lindner has died
- pigeons 7mo agoHis excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web security to life was inspiring.
- c0l0 7mo agoA true hero and legend. RIP.
- kriro 7mo agoLoved his CISCO talks. RIP.
- synack 7mo agoOne of my favorite DEF CON talks https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2017/DEF%20CON%2017%20video%20and%20slides/DEF%20CON%2017%20-%20FX%20-%20Router%20Exploitation.mp4 https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2017/DEF%20CON%2017%20vid...
- _pdp_ 7mo agoWhat sad news. I met FX many years ago during a Black Hat event. At the time, I was working on a class of vulnerabilities related to zip archives. Not only did he know exactly what I was on to, but he was able to articulate the actual issue and explain what was happening behind the scenes and why my exploit was working. A true legend.
- nbk_2000 7mo agoIt's been a long time, but I've always cherished our late night conversations at the Alexis Park. Truly a great hacker. RIP my friend
- BoredPositron 7mo agoWorld got a little darker today. Rip my friend.
- alexcos 7mo agoReminds me of the Pirates of the Caribbean quote: "The world used to be a bigger place." "The world's still the same. There's just... less in it."
- hcbdbdrb 7mo agoWhile he was a dividing personality with strong opinions, he had his heart in the right place RIP
- TonyTrapp 7mo agoDividing? Are you sure you are not thinking of fefe, who has a somewhat similar real name?
- ephou7 7mo agoHe was a good hacker but also a HUGE, arrogant jerk who treated a lot of people quite badly.
- cc-d 7mo agoWhat do you mean by this? Are you sure it was him? And not an external, perhaps undocumented and extremely illegal, system affecting his actions and behaviour?
- krater23 7mo agofuck
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- KellyCriterion 7mo agovakk
- a2800276 7mo agoVery sad news to hear. People of his caliber are sorely needed in the community. My condolences to everyone close to fefe.
- pentamassiv 7mo agoFefe is a different person
- KellyCriterion 7mo agoCame here to ask the same question / conclusion. It was thin to find out the differences between the two. Though, FeFe also suffered some health issues lately, IIRC?
- davrosthedalek 7mo agoYeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.
- avhception 7mo agoAside from feeling sad that he had a stroke, I've been wondering how the infrastructure for his blog keeled over so fast.
- TonyTrapp 7mo agoThe blog is fine, it just looks like he didn't foresee that there would be a month where wouldn't post anything, so the navigation links break down. If you go to the last month he posted in, everything works as usual: http://blog.fefe.de/?mon=202505 http://blog.fefe.de/?mon=202505
- elcapitan 7mo agoThere was actually a one-time post in December as well http://blog.fefe.de/?mon=202512 http://blog.fefe.de/?mon=202512
- sllabres 7mo agoI'm really sad, even if I never met him personally and only knew him from his talks, his software and of course his blog. I had hoped that after his illness he would be granted some time for personal life and recovery — which makes this news all the more shocking.
- Deeg9rie9usi 7mo agoFX != fefe
- sllabres 7mo agoThanks for the clarification
- cc-d 7mo agoI never really knew felix, but mob says he was a pretty cool guy, and we miss him already. Thank you felix for everything you did for mob :)
- GabrielTFS 7mo agoSad news. I wonder if his projects (e.g. dietlibc) will continue development or not...
- NoiseBert69 7mo agofefe = Felix von Leitner fx = Felix Lindner Please don't mix up the names and nicknames. Both are highly renowned security experts.
- GabrielTFS 7mo agoOh oops, my apologies :(
- Deeg9rie9usi 7mo agoFX != fefe
- nwellnhof 7mo agoThe dietlibc author is a different person but with a very similar name.
- kan0r 7mo agoSad news.