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Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by jxf »

eplanit wrote: post #37
davidu wrote: post #32

I will miss him terribly. He was the guy who let me crash in his room at Defcon when I was a minor and was too young to book my own room. This kicked off 20 years of friendship. He was brilliant, zany, ADD x 1000, and always endearing and loving. In 2008 I was lucky to collaborate on DNS issues with Dan when he discovered a new form of DNS cache poisoning and spent years helping the Internet upgrade and defend agains…

I saw him speak at BlackHat in 2008 when he presented that work -- _everyone_ was there. It was an amazing presentation, and I was properly filled with respect for Dan. So very sad that he's gone so young.

Was this talk recorded?

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Post by moepstein »

I loved the complexity of his thoughts, and the nonlinearity of our conversations. The way I could plop down next to him, ask him what he was doing, working on, or thinking, and he always had the time and inclination to talk without a hint of condescension. I'll miss his infectious excitement, the way he could weave narratives from lines of code, and his goofy sense of humor.

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Post by nomy99 »

I’m one of those people who never knew you. Ironically, Your death brought forth your achievements for me. I’m impressed and I wish I had interacted with you. RIP

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Post by cookguyruffles »

samatman wrote: post #84

December 2019. I flew out to SF, and we hacked for ten days. He saved our company from extinction. I won't discuss the sequel to that, because it doesn't reflect well on some people who don't deserve that in this eulogy. But I will say that we retained our friendship through it all. I'm absolutely gutted at this news. What a shining human being. A terrible loss.

First rule of eulogies: don't abuse the privilege to shit on people

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Post by igetspam »

alisonkisk wrote: post #126

The 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 knew Dan very well. He's as close as almost anyone that isn't Dan's family and his family would like some privacy.

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Post by X-Istence »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #116
rincebrain wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the interested, someone [1] is putting together a collection of videos of him, so you can probably find a whole lot more in the replies to that thread even if you don't wait for the playlist to be made. [1] - https://twitter.com/thedarktangent/status/138595909778312806...

That’s the founder of DEFCON and Black Hat.

"someone".
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