Ever Wondered How “Fyodor” (Nmap) Got His Name?

August 23, 2008

He was a fan of another Fyodor—Fyodor Dostoevsky >—and used his first name around the Internet early on. The name stuck, and now he’s known as Fyodor.

And Google confirms > that he’s doing pretty well in the battle for the first name "fyodor".

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