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Felix "fx" Lindner has died

114 pointsby is_takentoday at 3:53 PM29 commentsview on HN

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_pdp_today at 5:52 PM

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_2000today at 5:55 PM

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

sllabrestoday at 6:52 PM

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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pigeonstoday at 5:10 PM

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

krirotoday at 5:35 PM

Loved his CISCO talks. RIP.

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a2800276today at 6:48 PM

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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BoredPositrontoday at 6:05 PM

World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

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c0l0today at 5:19 PM

A true hero and legend. RIP.

GabrielTFStoday at 7:57 PM

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

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hcbdbdrbtoday at 6:07 PM

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

RIP

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kan0rtoday at 8:49 PM

Sad news.

cc-dtoday at 6:58 PM

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 :)

krater23today at 6:45 PM

fuck

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ephou7today at 6:30 PM

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

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