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Describe how the Heartbleed attack happens. What is the type ofthis attack? Where does the vulnerability exist? Describe thevulnerability and how it is exploited? Describe the consequences ofthe attack?

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The Heartbleed bug was a serious flaw in OpenSSL encryption software that powers a lot of secure communications on the web How the Heartbleed attack happens The SSL standard includes a heartbeat option which allows a computer at one end of an SSL connection to send a short message to verify that the other computer is still online and get a response back So its possible to send a cleverly formed malicious heartbeat message that tricks the computer at the other end into divulging secret    See Answer
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