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116 points by is_taken 9 hours ago | 30 comments

_pdp_ 7 hours 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 6 hours 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 6 hours 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 4 hours ago

FX != fefe

sllabres 3 hours ago

Thanks for the clarification

pigeons 7 hours ago

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

kriro 7 hours ago

Loved his CISCO talks. RIP.

synack 6 hours ago

One of my favorite DEF CON talks https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2017/DEF%20CON%2017%20vid...

a2800276 6 hours ago

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

pentamassiv 5 hours ago

Fefe is a different person

a2800276 3 hours ago

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

KellyCriterion 5 hours 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?

eqvinox 13 minutes ago

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

davrosthedalek 5 hours ago

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

BoredPositron 6 hours ago

World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

alexcos 6 hours ago

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."

c0l0 7 hours ago

A true hero and legend. RIP.

GabrielTFS 4 hours ago

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

NoiseBert69 4 hours ago

fefe = Felix von Leitner

fx = Felix Lindner

Please don't mix up the names and nicknames.

Both are highly renowned security experts.

nwellnhof 4 hours ago

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

Deeg9rie9usi 4 hours ago

FX != fefe

hcbdbdrb 6 hours ago

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

RIP

TonyTrapp 5 hours ago

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

kan0r 4 hours ago

Sad news.

cc-d 5 hours ago

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 6 hours ago

fuck

cc-d 5 hours ago

fugg

KellyCriterion 5 hours ago

vakk

ephou7 6 hours ago

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

cc-d 5 hours ago

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?