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To: Gottfried who wrote (84967)4/9/2014 1:01:58 AM
From: Sr K1 Recommendation

Recommended By
Doug Coughlan

  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110655
 
Now on the front page of nytimes,com:

By NICOLE PERLROTH 10:30 PM ET

The software behind the tiny padlock next to web addresses that promised to protect sensitive information is broken, a team of security researchers has discovered.

bits.blogs.nytimes.com



To: Gottfried who wrote (84967)4/9/2014 3:17:42 AM
From: NOW1 Recommendation

Recommended By
maceng2

  Respond to of 110655
 
The one saving grace with this flaw is that it was relatively simple to spot and as a result very simple to fix,

Yeah that is why it took 2 years to spot it !



To: Gottfried who wrote (84967)4/9/2014 1:54:17 PM
From: kidl2 Recommendations

Recommended By
FJB
maceng2

  Respond to of 110655
 
Heartbleed ... The bug has its benefits. :-)

Heartbleed bug causes Canada Revenue Agency to shut down parts of website

Snip:
"Consideration will also be given to taxpayers who are unable to comply with their filing requirements because of this service interruption."

torontosun.com



To: Gottfried who wrote (84967)5/8/2014 5:52:02 PM
From: Ron  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110655
 
Anyone know whether Silicon Investor was, or is, vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug? I did a quick search and
didn't find anything.
Results come up uncertain on this security check site:

lastpass.com