[Techtalk] "Slapper" worm targeting Linux/Apache servers]

[Dave North]

Raven:
> The reason seems to be that OpenSSL has both server and client components,

...slaps forehead... right. It's not exiting just because apache does.
You'd have to kill and restart those processes too.

> some of which don't get initialized by a HANGUP or HUP signal. A reboot is
> the best way to do this.

That would no doubt do the job! Silly me.


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