[Nottingham] You think https is secure !!!

Jason Irwin jasonirwin73 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 12:29:41 UTC 2014


On 08/04/14 12:58, Paul wrote:
> I think you may find this article very interesting. It looks like all
> SSL secured connections have been vulnerable for some time.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26935905
The bug seems to have existed for about 2 years, has been patched in
around 24 hours.

The code is walked through here:
http://blog.existentialize.com/diagnosis-of-the-openssl-heartbleed-bug.html

After you've updated, the advice seems to be to get new x509 certs and
change any passwords that might have been exposed.

Going to be a long day/week for some people....

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