At first glance, you might not think that the latest set of OpenSSL security patches are that important. Sure, there's a dozen of them and two are serious, but are they really that bad? Yes, actually they're not just bad, they're awful.
True, some operating systems, such as Red Hat Linux Enterprise (RHEL), aren't greatly impacted by these latest problems. But if you're using any operating system that uses OpenSSL 1.0.2 or OpenSSL versions: 1.0.1, 1.0.0 and 0.9.8, it's another story.

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