# Heartbleed: What the OpenSSL Bug Means for Internet Users

DevFeed: [Heartbleed: What the OpenSSL Bug Means for Internet Users](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/heartbleed-and-you-30057.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://www.netmeister.org/blog/heartbleed-and-you.html>)

Published: 2014-04-09T21:44:27Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signs of Triviality](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signs-of-triviality.md>)

Topics: [openssl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssl.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [openssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssl.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that Heartbleed is a bug in the widely used OpenSSL library affecting almost all internet users, with an explanation intended for non-technical readers.

## Source excerpt

A bug in the widely used OpenSSL library named 'heartbleed' affects almost all users on the internet. Here's what it means for non-technical users.