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OpenSSL Security Update Less Critical Than Expected, Still Recommended

Posted by timothy on from the man-nips-dog dept.

An anonymous reader writes As announced on Monday, the OpenSSL project team has released new versions of the cryptographic library that fix a number of security issues. The announcement created a panic within the security community, who were dreading the discovery of another Heartbleed-type bug, but as it turns out, the high severity issue fixed is a bug than can be exploited in a DoS attack against servers. Other issues fixed are mostly memory corruption and DoS flaws of moderate and low severity.

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  1. Who Cares, No One Uses It Anyway! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thank god I run Windows and don't have to deal with this linux crap. I just need Windows and then it's all provided for me on the web: Facebook, Youtube & Gmail. No reason to install unsafe software like "OpenSSL" and leave yourself vulnerable like some n00b. Oh, and I'm not stupid, I download Chrome because it's better than IE, I know. God, why do you clog up my news with this nonsense about some fringe software that only the neckbeards are stupid enough to install?

  2. Re:Open sores, lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ever heard of Patch Tuesday? Noob.