Some more heartache from Heartbleed : it affects router , too . Cisco Systems and Juniper Networkshave announcedthat the security hole that is Heartbleed has been found in their networking equipment .
It ’s perhaps not too surprising that the germ — essentially asimple flaw in OpenSSLthat allows aggressor to bypass the common security system communications protocol used by many sites — is present in networking devices . After all , they apply SSL too , and honest-to-goodness gadget naturally apply an honest-to-god translation .
It is , however , a laborious task to check ironware for the defect . fortuitously , not all networking hardware is impress , because they do n’t all use the same adaptation of OpenSSL . So far , only Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks had admitted that their machine are at risk .
you may mark off to see if your Juniper Networks machine is affectedhereandhere , or your Cisco Systems devicehere . Both companies are knead on plot for the affected hardware , which you ’ll want to download and instal ASAP . [ Wall Street JournalviaEngadget ]
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