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 4 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 3 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 2 hours ago [-]
FX != fefe
sllabres 1 hours ago [-]
Thanks for the clarification
pigeons 5 hours ago [-]
His excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web security to life was inspiring.
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?
fx = Felix Lindner
Please don't mix up the names and nicknames.
Both are highly renowned security experts.
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?