Software makers scrambling to fix bug in net’s security
November 7th, 2009
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Software makers arounf the world are scrambling to fix a certain and very serious bug in the technology that is used to securily transfer the information on the internet. The problem lies in Security sockets Layer protocol used for safe browsing, and altough the flaw can only be exploited under certain circumstances, it could be used to hack into filesharing servers, mail servers, databases and many other secure applications. As it is so widely used, the SSL protocol is under very close watch by security specialist and researchers. We should expect a number of patches to be available soon to fix the problem, as the bug was the main theme for discussions lately.