OpenSSL buffer overflow attack
 

According to this:
http://apache.slashdot.org/article.p...72&threshold=4
Openssl <e is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack an is prevelent in default installs of many Linux distros. My question is this: I'm installing the newest version from the openssl site. They're tarballs. Do I have to reboot for it to take effect?

Thanks

nope,
you usually have to only log out of your account and then back in

U also needa relink everything linked into it

Bah, I'll just reboot it. I don't want to mess anything up. Thanks.

After you've rebuilt the OpenSSL binaries, you'll need to relink anything that is statically linked to the libraries, such as SSH or mod_ssl.