Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

THE HEARTBLEED BUG: A RECENT VULNERABILITY IN OPENSSL

Mr. Sachin R. Ponde,

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<p> The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in a popular OpenSSL cryptographic software liary. This weakness </p> <div>allows stealing the protected information, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the internet. SSL/TLS provides </div> <div>communication security and privacy over the internet for applications such as email, web applications, instant </div> <div>messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs). This paper focuses on the this new bug in OpenSSL , risk involved with it, along with </div> <div>the mitigation.</div>

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Mr. Sachin R. Ponde THE HEARTBLEED BUG: A RECENT VULNERABILITY IN OPENSSL Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 3 March 2015

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