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cradle  ·  3637 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A XKCD comic explaining how the Heartbleed bug works

Packets often contain payload length so the receiver knows how much to read from the network.

Relying on this data, however, is Bad News; as this bug clearly demonstrates. I've often thought a well behaved receiver should disconnect clients which misreport.

cradle  ·  3638 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What To Do Now That The Heartbleed Bug Exposed The Internet : All Tech Considered : NPR

I've received about half a dozen emails regarding heartbeat fixes, most from services I've rarely used.