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			<span class="post-date">Apr 16</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/498-tapasree-bhattacharjee">Tapasree Bhattacharjee</a>				in <a href="/blog/categories/technology">Technology</a>			</span>
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<p>Heartbleed is an open source bug. It is the biggest failure in open source software till date. An OpenSSL programming mistake opened a security hole in a program that affected hundreds of millions of websites, who relied upon it for their fundamental security. A programming blunder enabled attackers to pull down 64k chunks of "secure" server memory. The open source method remains as good as ever when used correctly.</p>
<p>To read the article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, experienced writer of technology and business of technology, follow&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: blue; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/heartbleed-open-sources-worst-hour-7000028420/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.zdnet.com/heartbleed-open-sources-worst-hour-7000028420/</span></a></span></span></p>
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