Sounds like a great guy.' Too bad I never met him.
R.I.P Hugh Daniel. Edwin (sob sob) On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Patrik Fältström <p...@frobbit.se> wrote: > Oh....... > > What to say, what to add? > > Patrik -- sad > > On 5 jun 2013, at 00:32, Paul Wouters <p...@cypherpunks.ca> wrote: > > > > > Hugh Daniel passed away on June 3rd after what appears to have been a > heart attack. > > > > https://nohats.ca/hugh-of-borg.jpg > > > > > > Those who met him, know him. Principled to the core, and very present in > > any room, he compelled people to listen to him - both by what he said, > > and how loud he said it. > > > > He has made many contributions during the early days of IPsec and > > DNSSEC. He was a manager of the FreeS/WAN Project for many years and > > co-founder of The Openswan Project and recently The Libreswan Project, > > although his health prevented him from being as active and he wanted to > > be in the last two years. > > > > I met him for the first time at the CCC summer conference in 1999. Our > > car had broken down, and everyone around me suggested to find Hugh Daniel > > for help. He shone his freeswan photon light under the car, diagnosed > > the problem, and put in a quick fix we could carefully drive to a repair > > shop at 5km/h where we could tell the mechanic what to fix. We started > > talking about Linux, crypto and he recruited me for the FreeS/WAN and > > the goal to make the default mode of the internet encrypted. It is what > > started me on IPsec, Opportunistic Encryption and DNS(SEC). In 2003, > > he brought me to my first IETF in Vienna. > > > > Hugh, you are still causing a difference and we will raise a non-aloholic > > drink in your honour when we have reached the universal deployment > > of encrypted communication for everything. > > > > > > > > "When you're NAT on the net, you're NOT on the net" -- Hugh Daniel > > > >
