Heartbleed

[Claude]

Seeing it is making news around the world by now, I post a new topic regarding the way to test if the secure site you're visiting is safe.

http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/

[viking33]

Seeing it is making news around the world by now, I post a new topic regarding the way to test if the site you're visiting.

http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/

So I tried eileenslounge.com and got:

Uh-oh, something went wrong: dial tcp 69.5.14.179:443: connection refused
Check what it means at the FAQ.
It might mean that the server is safe, we just can't be 100% sure!

Checked the FAQs and read this is usually a good sign!

[HansV]

Eileen's Lounge doesn't use Open SSL, so it doesn't apply to us.

[viking33]

Eileen's Lounge doesn't use Open SSL, so it doesn't apply to us.

Always a good reason. Thanks Hans!

[John Gray]

A couple of banks I use came up with
dial tcp http://www.xxx.yyy.zzz:443" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;: connection refused
(IP address obfuscated!)

[Claude]

what bank would be stupid enough to use http instead of https ?

[Rudi]

Another info article explaining this bug and where you stand...
http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2014/04/0 ... eartbleed=

[John Gray]

what bank would be stupid enough to use http instead of https ?

Blame the utility, not the bank - I simply did a cut-and-paste!

[Leif]

In case you didn't know, this is How the Heartbleed Bug works

[StuartR]

What a beautifully simple explanation

[viking33]

What a beautifully simple explanation

Also love the simple circuit diagram.
http://xkcd.com/730/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Rudi]

Anne of course, one for and...http://xkcd.com/729/

[ChrisGreaves]

Seeing it is making news around the world by now, I post a new topic regarding the way to test if the secure site you're visiting is safe.

Some light-hearted (sic) commentary http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/heart-attack-how-the-heartbleed-bug-confused-the-web-world-1241873?src=rss&attr=all#null