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Topic: POODLE vulnerability - page 2. (Read 2465 times)

administrator
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October 15, 2014, 06:24:02 PM
#6
Btw, POODLE? Quite a letdown, after cool names like Heartbleed and Shellshock.

Yeah, it's a terrible name. The vulnerability isn't nearly as bad as Heartbleed or Shellshock, though.
hero member
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October 15, 2014, 06:21:14 PM
#5
Doesn't sound too dangerous as I use only ISP directly, changed my password anyway.

Btw, POODLE? Quite a letdown, after cool names like Heartbleed and Shellshock.
administrator
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October 15, 2014, 06:18:40 PM
#4
Should we consider PIA to be an untrusted proxy, or should be generally be safe with them?
So only "untrustworthy ISP" and TOR users are affected, everyone else safe? I hate changing PW's. More susceptible to forget them.

You'll have to use your own judgement on that. Do you trust that your VPN/ISP didn't use this attack against you to steal your password?

Some things to know:
- It's an active attack, so if your ISP was just recording traffic, this wouldn't help them now.
- If you didn't actually use your password to log in within the last couple of days (ie, not just logging in using "remember me"), then your ISP only could have stolen your password if they'd known about the vulnerability before it was publicly announced.
legendary
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October 15, 2014, 06:01:34 PM
#3
So only "untrustworthy ISP" and TOR users are affected, everyone else safe? I hate changing PW's. More susceptible to forget them.
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October 15, 2014, 05:54:20 PM
#2
Should we consider PIA to be an untrusted proxy, or should be generally be safe with them?
administrator
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October 15, 2014, 05:47:22 PM
#1
The POODLE vulnerability in TLS/SSL could have allowed a man-in-the-middle attacker to read encrypted forum traffic. For example, Tor exit nodes could have used this attack against anyone using Tor to access the forum. I disabled SSLv3 to prevent this attack in the future, and I logged everyone out to invalidate any possibly-compromised cookies. If you used a proxy or ISP that you don't absolutely trust to access the forum, then you should also change your password.

Most other sites are similarly affected.
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