Dan Kaminsky has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:28 AM UTC

davrosthedalek wrote: post #154

It feels wrong to upvote a story of somebody dying. How about such stories are pinned and don't have to be voted on to stay on the front page, at least for a couple of days?

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Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by CyberRabbi » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:34 AM UTC

MrLeap wrote: post #155

alexnewman wrote: post #146

I hope when I die people care

Isn't affecting that outcome, for good or ill - the primary work product of our lives? What else can we do?

Reproduce

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by jbirer » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:35 AM UTC

As sorry as I am that he died, he was no celebrity or anybody of special status, just another statistic. My condolences but I wish I did not see the ugly black border on top.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by xbar » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:57 AM UTC

jxf wrote: post #141

eplanit wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

It was. Well, his Defcon version is an identical talk given the same week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pp72gUYx00

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by vages » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 6:39 AM UTC

Has anyone else noticed the thin black bar across the top of the HN pages today? I think it may be because of this.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by jdougan » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 6:43 AM UTC

I had a few hours with Dan at a Think Conference, back in 2008. I was working on a Smalltalk implementation of SSL, and it was having connection issues to different servers. So someone pointed me at him, and he walked me through how to troubleshoot it. Didn't find the problem then, but it made it a lot easier later.

He was one of the good guys. I'll miss him.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by sebmellen » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 6:52 AM UTC

j3th9n wrote: post #90

"Of the seven Recovery Key Shareholders who possess the ability to restore the DNS root keys, Dan is the American representative." - https://dankaminsky.com/bio/

I wonder what the procedures are to change the Recovery Key Shareholders in the event of a death like this.

Interesting article here https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-problem-with-the-....

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by bunnie » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 6:54 AM UTC

Dan will be missed. I am saddened by his passing and my heart goes out to his family.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by invasi0n » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 8:15 AM UTC

sebmellen wrote: post #167

j3th9n wrote: post #90

"Of the seven Recovery Key Shareholders who possess the ability to restore the DNS root keys, Dan is the American representative." - https://dankaminsky.com/bio/

I wonder what the procedures are to change the Recovery Key Shareholders in the event of a death like this. Interesting article here https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-problem-with-the-... .

Currently being assessed, given current global issues it poses come additional challenges but the community will find a way.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by strenholme » Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 8:20 AM UTC

Rest in peace Dan Kaminsky and prayers for his family and friends. He was a very good colleague and someone who I am honored to have interacted with.

(Context here: He publicized a big DNS security hole which my MaraDNS never had, because I read Daniel Bernstein’s writings)