can somebody please explain heartbleed to me

Started by Arun, April 11, 2014, 08:37:04 PM

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Arun

what exactly is it and should i be worried about it..?


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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
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Gardener

It's on the companies to deal with it. You can't really do anything about it except the typical stuff such as watch account activity for anything out of the ordinary.

http://heartbleed.com/
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Arun



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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
Never lose Hope... Take a deep breath and have a beer.

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Arun

yeah i got one thats why i was trying to figure out what its all about. i'm not very tech savvy.


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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
Never lose Hope... Take a deep breath and have a beer.

Mother Aubert Pray For Us!



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"heartbleed" - that has to be one of the most descriptive names for a bug that I have heard of.  Definitely sounds scary.

Oh dear; SD is warning me that  I really should be going to bed.  Now I'll have nightmares about "heartbleed".
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Quote from: Arun on April 11, 2014, 10:15:48 PM
yeah i got one thats why i was trying to figure out what its all about. i'm not very tech savvy.
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Don't worry man! I'm not either!  I'd try sounding tech savvy once: I was in the computer lab at school, and my computer got a Trojan horse virus, so I went and (trying to sound smart) told the girl watching over the lad that my computer had a Trojan horse.  From the look on her face, I think she mostly heard the part about me having a Trojan....  :-[
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Arun

Quote from: drummerboy on April 12, 2014, 06:03:35 PM
Quote from: Arun on April 11, 2014, 10:15:48 PM
yeah i got one thats why i was trying to figure out what its all about. i'm not very tech savvy.
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Don't worry man! I'm not either!  I'd try sounding tech savvy once: I was in the computer lab at school, and my computer got a Trojan horse virus, so I went and (trying to sound smart) told the girl watching over the lad that my computer had a Trojan horse.  From the look on her face, I think she mostly heard the part about me having a Trojan....  :-[

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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
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Gardener

Trojan horse (Trojan) An executable program advertised as performing one activity, but actually does something else (or it may perform both the advertised and malicious activities).

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Trojan condoms, then, are aptly named. They advertise something, and do that, generally, but also perform a malicious activity.
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Arun

Quote from: Gardener on April 12, 2014, 06:42:52 PM
Trojan horse (Trojan) An executable program advertised as performing one activity, but actually does something else (or it may perform both the advertised and malicious activities).

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Trojan condoms, then, are aptly named. They advertise something, and do that, generally, but also perform a malicious activity.

good one!


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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
Never lose Hope... Take a deep breath and have a beer.

Mother Aubert Pray For Us!



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Parresia

http://xkcd.com/1354/

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html


The first provides a simply explanation and the second allows you to check if a website you use frequently was affected.  You should consider changing your passwords (facebook, amazon, bank websites, etc.) just to be on the safe side.  Websites that have plugged the gap can still be a problem if you have kept the same password the entire time. 

Gidge

I use https://startpage.com which uses the HTTPS protocol and SSL encryption.

This helps one avoid some of the nasty viruses out there (Using a MAC or UNIX O/S is even better).

Here's more information, if interested:

https://startpage.com/eng/top-ten-ways-startpage.html

I've been using this web browser for a couple years and am satisfied with it.
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Arun

yeah but wasn't stuff with "https" the stuff that heartbleed was cracking?


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Quote from: St.Justin on September 25, 2015, 07:57:25 PM
Never lose Hope... Take a deep breath and have a beer.

Mother Aubert Pray For Us!



vsay ego sudba V rukah Gospodnih

Gardener

"If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother." - St. Maximilian Kolbe