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@thedarktangent The year was 1998. First Chaos Communication Congress in Haus am Köllnischen Park, Berlin. I had just read and digested Smashing the Stack by Aleph One, and now I was on stage, explaining the concepts. In the audience, a young man was listening very carefully. It wouldn't take long for him to master this technique, soon he would surpass me, becoming one of the legends in the field. There was a vuln, but ASCII to Unicode conversion would turn every second byte of your shellcode into 0x00? He did it. But it wasn't just his mastery of IDA, it was also his skill to bring together people. PH-Neutral was known for the parties, but its real secret was bringing the right people into one place to share stories. The list of outstanding people I've met through him is endless. We were friends, occasional colleagues, on stage together, and ultimately sharing the same hacker spirit. Hearing of his health problems in 2017 came as a shock, and I was glad to see him recover ever so slowly, regaining his memory of our shenanigans bit by bit. I am devastated to hear that he lost this fight. Sit tibi terra levis, my dear old friend. You will be missed. 🕯️