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.
_pdp_ 2 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.
GabrielTFS 9 minutes ago [-]
Sad news. I wonder if his projects (e.g. dietlibc) will continue development or not...
NoiseBert69 3 minutes ago [-]
fefe = Felix von Leitner
He's struggling with some health problems, too - but his colleague reported in a Mastodon post that he's improving.
nwellnhof 7 minutes ago [-]
The dietlibc author is a different person but with a very similar name.
Deeg9rie9usi 8 minutes ago [-]
FX != fefe
nbk_2000 2 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
a2800276 1 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 1 hours ago [-]
Fefe is a different person
KellyCriterion 32 minutes 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 27 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.
pigeons 3 hours ago [-]
His excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web security to life was inspiring.
hcbdbdrb 2 hours ago [-]
While he was a dividing personality with strong opinions, he had his heart in the right place
RIP
TonyTrapp 1 hours ago [-]
Dividing? Are you sure you are not thinking of fefe, who has a somewhat similar real name?
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.
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.
He's struggling with some health problems, too - but his colleague reported in a Mastodon post that he's improving.
It was thin to find out the differences between the two.
Though, FeFe also suffered some health issues lately, IIRC?
RIP
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?