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Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by skynet-9000 »

ta988 wrote: post #195
UweSchmidt wrote: post #188

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Maybe you weren't histrionic enough? I couldn't name one class of software or hardware, nor one layer in the 'stack' that hasn't been compromised. The only conclusion is to admit failure (as an industry) and rebuild everything from the ground up.

We always have to do compromises designing these things. Either we don't have the talents, we disagree on the methods, we ignored a chunk of the problem, we don't have the ressources, we deliberately degrade to please the senders of a letter-we-cant-talk-about... I prefer the approach where we solve problems incrementaly as we discover them because in the long term it addresses all of those shortcomings eventually.

I agree. There will always be an attacker who knows more or who used methods that you would not choose.

It's inevitable that some things will leak. Defense in depth will help mitigate the risk and contain the fallout.

(extreme paranoia, perhaps bred of experience, doesn't hurt either!)

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by thebigspacefuck »

BrianOnHN wrote: post #186
edoceo wrote: post #38

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or you could respect the families wishes, instead of prioritizing your curiosity.

Families choose to hide AND lie about suicide and addiction deaths. I know from multiple first hand experiences. THIS IS BAD FOR EVERYONE! Yes, it's embarrassing for the family (though it shouldn't be) because they feel like they can do more. But, it the prevalence needs to made public so we treat these things like the crisis they are! And worse, in this case, people are even drawing ties to the vaccine!?!? What an i…

Look at everyone else in this thread, celebrating the life and accomplishments of an amazing hacker that is no longer with us. Then read your comment again and ask yourself if this is the time and place to rant. Maybe not?

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by sneak »

chews wrote: post #199
sneak wrote: post #57

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Asking for facts is not speculating, it might be the opposite. I'd like to know what happened to my friend, who was himself always in pursuit of the truth.

https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1171643896750755840 - he was diabetic, not that it was a cause but it is a complication in covid.

I'm aware, we were pretty close.

Speculation is precisely what I don't want, though. If you don't have the data, please hold your tongue.

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Post by rincebrain »

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

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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.

I'm aware, the specific identity of the person doing the collecting just didn't seem relevant.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by josh2600 »

ryan-c wrote: post #66

I remember attending Dan Kaminsky’s talk at DEFCON 12 and being blown away by it. Three years later, I went on the original “Hackers on a Plane” trip and ended up seated next to Dan on one of the flights. We quickly became friends. His mentorship over the years had an enormous impact on me. We both went back to CCCamp in 2011. I excitedly told him about a reverse DNS scanning project (0.0.0.0/0 in 12 hours on AWS for…

This space above the motorcycle shop is my office now. It’s such a trip to read about this story. Thank you for sharing. If you ever want to come by and tell Dan stories, I’d be happy to host you.
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