Oh man. Tragic. :( On 10/30/07, Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I unfortunately just noticed the following being spread around. > This is a real big loss :( > > From http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20071030220114 > 8<------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jun-ichiro "itojun" Itoh Hagino passed away on October 29, 2007 at the > age of 37. > > To those in the BSD communities he was simply Itojun, best known in his > role as IPv6 KAME project core researcher. Itojun did the vast majority > of the work to get IPv6 into the BSD network stacks. He was also > instrumental in moving IPv6 forward in all aspects through his > participation in IETF protocol design meetings. Itojun was helpful to > everyone around him, and dedicated to his work. He believed and worked > toward making technology available to everyone. He will be missed, and > always remembered. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------->8 > > Rest in piece Itojun. > > Respect, > Jeroen > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Dragos Ruiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: In Memoriam: Jun-ichiro Hagino > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:10:58 -0700 > > With great sadness, I regret to inform you that Itojun > will not be presenting his great knowledge of IPv6 at > PacSec. I have been informed by several sources > that he passed away yesterday. > > Funeral services will be held on Nov 7th at Rinkai-Saijo > in Tokyo. There aren't many details of his passing, > so please let his family and relatives mourn in peace > for now. My heartfelt condolances go out to them, > and all of his many friends. > > I knew Itojun as one of the smartest and kindest people > I have ever met. He helped everyone around him. He > graciously hosted and assisted many foreigners new > to Japan at the PacSec conferences, and was a good > friend to all. He would go to extraordinary lengths to > help anyone around him. We will all miss him - and > his work on IPv6 will continue to help us for a long > time.. > > He once said to me, "When a professional race car > driver races, his pulse gets lower and he relaxes. > When I code it is the same thing." I'll miss him > driving around in his prized Fiat 500... and I hope > we can all proceed to help fix our V6 networks > without his gentle and insistent coaching. > > We will announce a replacement talk shortly. > > If you knew or respected him, he would have > wanted any energy you put towards grief to > be spent on speeding the adoption and the > robustness of the version 6 internet which > he devoted so much of his extraordinary > life to. > > Some more information in Japanese > at http://www.hoge.org/~koyama/itojun.txt > > May he rest in peace, > --dr > > -- > World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques > Tokyo, Japan November 29/30 - 2007 http://pacsec.jp > pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
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