bug in openSSL lets people hijack accounts and steal information en masse

[Cajetan²]

Does it sound stupid if I say, that this is announced directly after Windows XP support did end? Because this is actually really late. I believe the heartbleed bug is known since 2011.

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[Port]

64,000 bytes of data*

Where do you get that number from?
The actually accurate value is 65536 - 1 - 2 - 16 bytes per heartbeat request.

I believe the heartbleed bug is known since 2011.

No, it was introduced in 2011.

[Ipquarx]

Where do you get that number from?
The actually accurate value is 65536 - 1 - 2 - 16 bytes per heartbeat request.

http://heartbleed.com

also it could have been found out and sold as a zero day any number of months before it was released to the public like this, so who knows how many things have been compromised