Are we safe from Heartbleed?

[Rusvul]

Is this website safe from the Heartbleed bug?

[Matthias720]

I believe we are. However, if you're concerned about it, please feel free to change your password.

[Rusvul]

Okay! Thanks. I'm moreso curious than concerned- The idea of the Heartbleed bug is interesting to me.

[Kitsune]

What is the Heartbleed bug?

[Jukka the Sling]

I wasn't sure either, but this page will hopefully help: http://heartbleed.com

[Rusvul]

Basically, about 2/3 of the internet uses the same type of security software, and one of the people who creates and updates that software messed up on a single line of code. So, someone figured out how to exploit it to get past the software and steal account data. You can imagine that this is quite bad.

[Matthias720]

Fortunately, this single-line-of-code bug was fixed with another single line of code. Once websites update their security to the latest version, everything goes back to being secure.

[BadgerLordFiredrake]

We don't use HTTPS.

We're fine.