Debian (and Ubuntu) SSH / OpenSSL Security Hole

Earlier today both Debian and Ubuntu maintainers announced a serious security issue with both Open SSH and Open SSL.

There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you’d rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.

If you’re using SSH keys you’ll need to generate fresh ones, as any keys currently “in the wild” maybe vulnerable to brute force attacks.

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and CEO of Irish hosting provider and domain name registrar Blacknight.

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