The bug... More info.

Christopher J. Walters cwal989 at comcast.net
Mon Apr 14 20:24:20 CEST 2014


The discussion on the Heatbleed bug has apparently stopped here, and just about 
everywhere else, but I found (courtesy of another mailing list), some more 
reports on it, that you may have not seen.  These reports suggest the the NSA 
knew about and exploited the bug for "at least" two years, and may have even 
worked to stop it from being reported and fixed.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html

Shorter link to the above article:
http://tinyurl.com/mq8owa2

Also,
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Encryption-security-compromised-in-a-heartbeat-5396510.php

Shorter link to the above article:
http://tinyurl.com/kmmqkfv

The NSA, or course, denies any knowledge, or exploitation of the bug, but you 
can read the article and make your own decisions on that.

Chris



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