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agreed as well
And if any of you had simply e-mailed dang, it might have already happened.
Dan Kaminsky has died
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#72My memory of Dan is seeing him speak on-stage at SF security b-sides, some time in the mid 2010s.
He'd enjoyed a few drinks by the point he spoke to everyone, and the resulting honesty (accompanied by what I sensed as trepidation from the audience, about seeing a respected speaker in a vulnerable state) left a mark on me.
He was right: software security nowadays is a swiss-cheese mess, and the industry isn't addressing it.
His speech instructed me and perhaps others in the audience to deal with that new reality and adjust to it. It's tough for the original hacker / cypherpunk / purist mentality to adjust to. But it's where we are now, and it's a mindset that'll never die even if all of us that subscribe to it do.
RIP Dan.
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#73I had dinner with Dan once, he ”social engineered” me and claimed he forgot to bring money. I knew what he was doing, but also knew that if picking up the tab was the price i had to pay for getting to hang out with him, I got the better end of the Deal. Rest In Peace
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#74He will be dearly missed. :(
He gave the best Defcon talks.
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#75Rest in Peace Dan Kaminsky
https://www.theartsofentertainment.com/dan-kaminsky-death-da...
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#76Aw poop. Nicest guy I ever met in the hacker scene. Sending best wishes and love to his friends and family.
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#77Does anyone have a copy of the sources for Paketto Keiretsu? It seems to have disappeared from his website(s) some years ago and I kept meaning to ask him for a copy. It was an early inspiration for a lot of my L3-in-userspace work.
It's where I learned about stateless scanning. Without scanrand and its stateless scanning technique Shodan wouldn't have been possible.
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#78Dan sublet my apartment a number of years ago, and it was a thrill to see the impact of his work over time. I'm very sad to hear this news.
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#79A sad day. A legend has passed - legendary for his skills, for his generosity, and for his personality. He was a true renaissance man - hacker, writer, presenter, philantropist, piano-player, composer, and good guy.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
The tweet says “Please keep speculation to yourself”. Whether you think it’s appropriate or not, asking if anyone knows what happened is not the same as asking for speculation.
The former inevitably asks for speculation, especially given the short timeframe and lack of information involved.
I think it also unfortunately fuels the darker speculations rather than quells them.