Felix "fx" Lindner has died

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.

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nbk_2000 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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sllabres 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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Deeg9rie9usi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

FX != fefe

	▲	sllabres an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for the clarification

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pigeons 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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kriro 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Loved his CISCO talks. RIP.

	▲	synack 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One of my favorite DEF CON talks https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2017/DEF%20CON%2017%20vid...

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a2800276 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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pentamassiv 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Fefe is a different person

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a2800276 44 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I mistyped, Freudian slip. And I can't edit or delete anymore. I'm terribly sorry.

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KellyCriterion 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Came 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 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.

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BoredPositron 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

	▲	alexcos 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Reminds 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."

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c0l0 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A true hero and legend. RIP.

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GabrielTFS 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

	▲	NoiseBert69 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		fefe = Felix von Leitner fx = Felix Lindner Please don't mix up the names and nicknames. Both are highly renowned security experts.
	▲	nwellnhof 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The dietlibc author is a different person but with a very similar name.
	▲	Deeg9rie9usi 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		FX != fefe

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kan0r an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sad news.

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hcbdbdrb 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

RIP

	▲	TonyTrapp 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Dividing? Are you sure you are not thinking of fefe, who has a somewhat similar real name?

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cc-d 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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 :)

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krater23 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

fuck

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cc-d 3 hours ago | parent [-]

fugg

	▲	KellyCriterion 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		vakk

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ephou7 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

	▲	cc-d 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What 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?