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Felix "fx" Lindner has diedrecurity-labs.com
34 comments
  • _pdp_•1d

    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.

  • nbk_2000•1d

    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

  • sllabres•1d

    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.

  • pigeons•1d

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

  • kriro•1d

    Loved his CISCO talks. RIP.

  • a2800276•1d

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

    • pentamassiv•1d

      Fefe is a different person

      • a2800276•1d

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

      • KellyCriterion•1d

        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•1d

          Yeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.

          • avhception•13h

            Aside from feeling sad that he had a stroke, I've been wondering how the infrastructure for his blog keeled over so fast.

        • eqvinox•23h

          Fefe doesn't capitalise the 2nd F in his name btw.

  • hcbdbdrb•1d

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

    RIP

    • TonyTrapp•1d

      Dividing? Are you sure you are not thinking of fefe, who has a somewhat similar real name?

  • c0l0•1d

    A true hero and legend. RIP.

  • BoredPositron•1d

    World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

    • alexcos•1d

      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."

  • GabrielTFS•1d

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

    • NoiseBert69•1d

      fefe = Felix von Leitner

      fx = Felix Lindner

      Please don't mix up the names and nicknames.

      Both are highly renowned security experts.

    • nwellnhof•1d

      The dietlibc author is a different person but with a very similar name.

    • Deeg9rie9usi•1d

      FX != fefe

  • kan0r•1d

    Sad news.

  • cc-d•1d

    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 :)

  • krater23•1d

    fuck

  • ephou7•1d

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

    • cc-d•1d

      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?