Erstellt am: 11. 4. 2014 - 12:31 Uhr

Today's Webtip: Heartbleed Explained

xkcd makes it all very easy to understand

So you've heard all about the nasty little bug that has compromised everyone's security. But do you know how it works?

Neither did I.

xkcd.com

It turns out it wasn't something plannned and executed by the worlds greatest snoops. Nope. It was just a bug. A bug created while trying to squash some other bugs.

That, at least, is what Dr. Robin Seggelmann is claiming.

He is the guy that singelhandedly managed to recreate the lifework of the NSA with a few lines of code.

Oops.