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Bitcoin => Mining => Topic started by: revilo on June 28, 2014, 10:51:45 AM



Title: Is Ghash using outdated Bitcoin Version vulnerable to Heartbleed and more..?
Post by: revilo on June 28, 2014, 10:51:45 AM
So, I couldn't help but notice that the largest mining pool in the world is using outdated software with vulnerabilities...

Should anybody be worried?

,
{
"addr" : "nl1.ghash.io",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1403952613,
"lastrecv" : 1403952613,
"bytessent" : 6603,
"bytesrecv" : 84097,
"conntime" : 1403952425,
"pingtime" : 0.00000000,
"version" : 70001,
"subver" : "/Satoshi:0.8.6/",
"inbound" : false,
"startingheight" : 308271,
"banscore" : 0,
"syncnode" : false
},
{
"addr" : "us1.ghash.io",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1403952616,
"lastrecv" : 1403952613,
"bytessent" : 6706,
"bytesrecv" : 239221,
"conntime" : 1403952430,
"pingtime" : 0.00000000,
"version" : 70001,
"subver" : "/Satoshi:0.8.6/",
"inbound" : false,
"startingheight" : 308271,
"banscore" : 0,
"syncnode" : false
}


Title: Re: Ghash using outdated Bitcoin Version vulnerable to Heartbleed and more..
Post by: -ck on June 28, 2014, 11:48:52 AM
0.8.6 wasn't vulnerable to heartbleed


Title: Re: Ghash using outdated Bitcoin Version vulnerable to Heartbleed and more..
Post by: revilo on June 28, 2014, 12:29:32 PM
Ah, right!
And transaction malleability?


Title: Re: Ghash using outdated Bitcoin Version vulnerable to Heartbleed and more..
Post by: SecureErase on June 29, 2014, 02:06:43 PM
Ah, right!
And transaction malleability?

Perhaps you should change the thread heading seeing as it is a false statement.


Title: Re: Ghash using outdated Bitcoin Version vulnerable to Heartbleed and more..
Post by: sumana on June 29, 2014, 03:37:08 PM
what they are going to accomplish with that bug with old software  ::)