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How do you fix two-thirds of the web in secret?
When word of the Heartbleed bug first came out, news spread like a fire alarm — but it didn’t spread evenly. The vulnerability was spread across as many as two out of every three servers, which made a standard disclosure impossible. Some companies like Facebook got the news early, either from Google or OpenSSL itself, and were already patched when Monday’s news broke.
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That story seems awfully over-dramatic. Thing is, this problem was already solved over 20 years ago whenever the Morris worm was unleashed on an unsuspecting internet.
From the ashes, CERT was created to be the US's capability and response. They have had decades of experience in handling things like this. Makes me wonder why nobody picked up the phone and gave them a call.