[rdb3]

From your link, "Slapper exploits a previously-disclosed OpenSSL vulnerability..."

This OpenSSL problem is repaired. If anyone else still gets it, well...

[ricer1]

The two Linux servers I'm running don't have SSL on them anyway, and one of them doesn't have Apache on it...

[Robert_Paulson2]

some folks think open ssl IS linux... or perhaps they have something to gain by asserting this misconception.

Anybody who does not monitor exploitive access and use of their own system... is likely a person, used to another op system... who is unaware that they can program as much security into their system as they need. I imagine that some of them don't even know they have installed multiple servers on their machines... and must then configure them for security appropriate to their needs....

They often don't even read the manual that comes with the software.

For some folks the idea of having to actually think and then input code on their own, is a bit confusing... but to those who know how (not me of course) it is a real blessing...

the bad thing is folks have to assess and configure security needs periodically...

and the good thing is folks CAN reassess and configure security needs periodically. Oh well.