Friday 30 September 2016

Who found the Heartbleed?

What is the HEARTBLEED virus?

What is the use of openssl?
OpenSSL contains an open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. The core library, written in the C programming language, implements basic cryptographic functions and provides various utility functions. Wrappers allowing the use of the OpenSSL library in a variety of computer languages are available.

OpenSSL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL
Who found the HEARTBLEED?
Heartbleed Flaw Creation and Bug Discovery. The Heartbleed bug was initially discovered by Google engineer Neel Mehta and the Finnish security firmCodenomicon. The security flaw was introduced in the open source OpenSSL encryption protocol by German software developer Robin Seggelmann.

What is Heartbleed Bug, an OpenSSL vulnerability? Webopedia

www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/heartbleed-bug.html
The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet.

Heartbleed Bug

heartbleed.com/