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Date:      Tue, 08 Apr 2014 21:29:21 -0700
From:      David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OpenSSL TLS Heartbeat Security Issue
Message-ID:  <5344CCA1.7090303@networktest.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140408184816.C64B0165B888@sulu.fritz.box>
References:  <20140408134425.Horde.azH0NUU2X8TUmV9kVtS2MA2@d2ux.org> <53440667.8060203@qeng-ho.org> <20140408172645.58B38165B369@sulu.fritz.box> <53443AF1.2070404@FreeBSD.org> <20140408184816.C64B0165B888@sulu.fritz.box>

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On 4/8/14, 11:48 AM, Michael Grimm wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 
>> You need to install the patched library and restart all the software
>> that uses it for TLS, *and* *then* (depending on degree of paranoia)
>> get all of your SSL certs re-issued against a different private key.
>> Your CA may or may not charge you for doing that.
> 
> Thanks for clarifying. Ok, and I did already start to renew ssh keys.
> That seemed to be overkill, though ;-) Anyway, it's ok to renew those
> after some longer time.

You meant SSL keys, yes? These should definitely be updated after
patching to fix the heartbleed vulnerability.

This vulnerability has existed for a couple of years, and it doesn't
leave log entries or other artifacts. If you're concerned about
passwords that were protected with SSL, it's time to change those too.

dn





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