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		thefreeman on April 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenSSL is written by monkeys (2009) I guess we see how well that worked out for them.

coldtea on April 9, 2014 | [–]

Compared to what?

You are aware that GnuTLS had a very similar "goto" style verification bypass bug, and that OpenSSL has had several flaws and broken stuff discovered, including the major recent "Heartbleed Bug".

sarreph on April 9, 2014 | [–]

Well... Certainly better right now.

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