On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 10:29:06 AM UTC-7, Austin William Wright wrote:
>
> the act that default Node.js is unaffected was a complete coincidence
>

I wouldn't describe this as a *complete* coincidence: I've been using the 
term "80% dumb luck" to describe it. While the decision to disable 
heartbeats was an entirely pragmatic one based around compatibility rather 
than security, both this hole and the bug which inadvertently saved Node 
have the same root cause: heartbeats have been an under-used and 
under-examined feature of SSL/TLS.

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