Oh no! I met Dan during my time first working on DNS in 2008. He came to many of us with the cache poisoning bug he discovered and pulled us together to address the vulnerabilities before it became public. I remember thinking thank god this guy is using his powers for good, because the damage he could easily do would be significant. After that I ran into him numerous times over the years, at conferences and airports (we seemed to always be leaving or arriving from different places at the same time), and he was always so kind, interesting and interested. I feel lucky to have known him. The works is a sadder, emptier place today.
Dan Kaminsky has died
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Re: Dan Kaminsky has died
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
you didn't even follow the ask of the tweet you quoted. TF?
No, I don't think it's a reasonable request. The best way to forestall speculation is to just say what happened. Presumably his family already knows so it's not going to shock them.
> Presumably his family already knows
That's a bit of an assumption. Working out how someone died can be tricky.
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#123Does 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.
https://rya.nc/files/paketto-2.00pre5.tar.gz
I'm not sure whether I got it directly from him or if I had a saved copy, but that's the most recent version.
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#124Could we respect the wish of those close to the deceased to keep speculation as to the cause of death private?
If they don't want speculation, they need to give facts. Otherwise all we have is wondering, which naturally leads to speculation.
I don't mind them not giving facts. I just think it's silly to not give facts and then tell people not to speculate.
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#125Through it all, there were those who fought valiantly against the tsunami of fakery and fabrication, generating new methods and protocols to hold back the tide undermining consensus reality.
Rest in peace Dan.
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#126The tweet is a strange announcement. Usually an announcement like this is by or refers to next of kin sharing the news.
Is Marc Rogers Dan's family, or close friend?
Re: Dan Kaminsky has died
#127Could we respect the wish of those close to the deceased to keep speculation as to the cause of death private?
If they don't want speculation, they need to give facts. Otherwise all we have is wondering, which naturally leads to speculation. I don't mind them not giving facts. I just think it's silly to not give facts and then tell people not to speculate.
There's nothing silly about requesting decent behavior, even if not everyone will agree to the request.
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#128Dan was exceptionally good at explaining his complex work, and he always did so with 100% passion. He will be missed.
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#129The tweet is a strange announcement. Usually an announcement like this is by or refers to next of kin sharing the news. Is Marc Rogers Dan's family, or close friend?
Marc is among other things longtime DEFCON staff.
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#130His final tweet: