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Felix "fx" Lindner has died

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by _pdp_

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What 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.

by nbk_2000

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It'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

by sllabres

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I'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.

by pigeons

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His excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web security to life was inspiring.

by kriro

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by a2800276

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Very sad news to hear. People of his caliber are sorely needed in the community. My condolences to everyone close to fefe.

by hcbdbdrb

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While he was a dividing personality with strong opinions, he had his heart in the right place
RIP

by c0l0

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by BoredPositron

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by GabrielTFS

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Sad news. I wonder if his projects (e.g. dietlibc) will continue development or not...

by kan0r

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by cc-d

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I 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 :)

by krater23

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by ephou7

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He was a good hacker but also a HUGE, arrogant jerk who treated a lot of people quite badly.