OpenSSL Heartbeat bug.

Discussion in 'Discussions' started by OmniaNigrum, Apr 8, 2014.

  1. OmniaNigrum

    OmniaNigrum Member

    Wake everyone you know up. This is a fuck it all and update the hell out of it moment. Many sites are using OpenSSL versions that are vulnerable to a serious bug that will absolutely ruin your day. Read more here:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22ghj1/the_heartbleed_bug/

    Gaslamp Games does not seem vulnerable though, or already fixed this. Well done!

    Everything else should be treated as suspect though.
     
  2. Daynab

    Daynab Community Moderator Staff Member

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  4. Loerwyn

    Loerwyn Member

    Apparently in some countries checking yourself is illegal. So... y'know.

    What I like about this bug and the implications is that I don't think I've seen a single thing that applies to the standard user. Everyone's like "omg apocalypse!" and doomsaying and talking about these huge problems, but no one has taken two seconds to explain it to your average user and say what they can or can't do to avoid it.

    And from what I can tell, you can't do shit.
     
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  5. Nettle Soup

    Nettle Soup Member

    The website somebody set up: http://heartbleed.com/ isn't terrible. Apparently it's not known to have been actually used before they discovered and announced it. Change your older passwords if you're worried, and keep just an eye on things for a while, seems to be the main advice.

    I recommend KeePass :D I haven't actually looked at a password in almost a year now.
     
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  6. Alistaire

    Alistaire Member

    Getting information via heartbeat depends on recent updates in server processes (recent updates in server RAM or data storage). To my mind, if there's something you shouldn't do it's causing updates to your accounts.
     
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  7. Daynab

    Daynab Community Moderator Staff Member

    That's mostly because it's the servers' responsibilities to change it, not something that the end-user can fix themselves.
     
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  8. Loerwyn

    Loerwyn Member

    Which is something I think needs to be stated more often and more clearly, because I can imagine it's stressing some people out.
     
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  9. OmniaNigrum

    OmniaNigrum Member

    What a nightmare. Good luck even figuring out if your router's OpenVPN client/server uses a vulnerable OpenSSL compile...