I didn't really know Itojun personally, but I very recently watched his IPv6 videos. He struck me as a very kind and mild-mannered person. So sad to hear that he is gone. http://www.youtube.com/user/itojun
On 31/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps, its better to remember the life and legacy of this samurai hacker. > His website > maybe of interest as shown below: > > http://www.itojun.org/itojun.html > > .*, > DI Bendano > > > 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 > > -- www.ropersonline.com
