Thats sad man. He was still active 10/25 $Id: index.html,v 1.32 2007/10/25 06:28:10 itojun Exp $ <http://ipv6samurais.com/ipv6samurais/>
I noticed on his videos he was always coughing. Must be a respiratory ailment. May he rest in peace. On 10/30/07, Dragos Ruiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 persons > 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, brilliant, and insistent > coaching... > > 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 to 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
