[HN Gopher] Felix "fx" Lindner has died
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Felix "fx" Lindner has died
Author : is_taken
Score : 114 points
Date : 2026-03-02 15:53 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (blog.recurity-labs.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (blog.recurity-labs.com)
| pigeons wrote:
| His excitement and deep interest in things from cisco to web
| security to life was inspiring.
| c0l0 wrote:
| A true hero and legend. RIP.
| kriro wrote:
| Loved his CISCO talks. RIP.
| synack wrote:
| One of my favorite DEF CON talks
| https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2017/DEF%20CON%2017%20vid...
| _pdp_ wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| 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
| BoredPositron wrote:
| World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.
| alexcos wrote:
| 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."
| hcbdbdrb wrote:
| While he was a dividing personality with strong opinions, he had
| his heart in the right place
|
| RIP
| TonyTrapp wrote:
| Dividing? Are you sure you are not thinking of fefe, who has a
| somewhat similar real name?
| ephou7 wrote:
| He was a good hacker but also a HUGE, arrogant jerk who treated a
| lot of people quite badly.
| cc-d wrote:
| 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?
| krater23 wrote:
| fuck
| cc-d wrote:
| fugg
| KellyCriterion wrote:
| vakk
| a2800276 wrote:
| Very sad news to hear. People of his caliber are sorely needed in
| the community. My condolences to everyone close to fefe.
| pentamassiv wrote:
| Fefe is a different person
| KellyCriterion wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| Yeah, he had a stroke. Not many updates, unfortunately.
| a2800276 wrote:
| Yes, I mistyped, Freudian slip. And I can't edit or delete
| anymore. I'm terribly sorry.
| sllabres wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| FX != fefe
| sllabres wrote:
| Thanks for the clarification
| cc-d wrote:
| 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 :)
| GabrielTFS wrote:
| Sad news. I wonder if his projects (e.g. dietlibc) will continue
| development or not...
| Deeg9rie9usi wrote:
| FX != fefe
| nwellnhof wrote:
| The dietlibc author is a different person but with a very
| similar name.
| NoiseBert69 wrote:
| fefe = Felix von Leitner
|
| fx = Felix Lindner
|
| Please don't mix up the names and nicknames.
|
| Both are _highly_ renowned security experts.
| kan0r wrote:
| Sad news.
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