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OpenSSL fixes high-severity flaw that allows hackers to crash servers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) OpenSSL, the most widely software library for implementing website and email encryption, has patched a high-severity vulnerability that makes it easy for hackers to completely shut down huge numbers of servers. OpenSSL provides time-tested cryptographic functions that implement the Transport Layer Security protocol, the predecessor to Secure Sockets Layer that encrypts […]