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_pdp_ 2 days ago [-]
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 2 days ago [-]
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 2 days ago [-]
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.
Deeg9rie9usi 2 days ago [-]
FX != fefe
sllabres 2 days ago [-]
Thanks for the clarification
pigeons 2 days ago [-]
His excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web security to life was inspiring.
Very sad news to hear. People of his caliber are sorely needed in the community. My condolences to everyone close to fefe.
pentamassiv 2 days ago [-]
Fefe is a different person
a2800276 2 days ago [-]
Yes, I mistyped, Freudian slip. And I can't edit or delete anymore. I'm terribly sorry.
KellyCriterion 2 days ago [-]
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 2 days ago [-]
Yeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.
avhception 1 days ago [-]
Aside from feeling sad that he had a stroke, I've been wondering how the infrastructure for his blog keeled over so fast.
TonyTrapp 1 days ago [-]
The 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
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.
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.
It was thin to find out the differences between the two.
Though, FeFe also suffered some health issues lately, IIRC?
RIP
fx = Felix Lindner
Please don't mix up the names and nicknames.
Both are highly renowned security experts.
Thank you felix for everything you did for mob :)
Are you sure it was him? And not an external, perhaps undocumented and extremely illegal, system affecting his actions and behaviour?