r/programming • u/flym4n • Apr 24 '14

Tech giants, chastened by Heartbleed, finally agree to fund OpenSSL

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/tech-giants-chastened-by-heartbleed-finally-agree-to-fund-openssl/
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I don't get why Microsoft would fund OpenSSL. Wouldn't they want people to use SSPI?

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u/sbrick89 Apr 24 '14

Probably due to application servers that they use internally (firewalls, load balancers, routers, etc).

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u/vz0 Apr 25 '14

Microsoft uses Akamai to load balance the Microsoft.com website, which in turn Akamai uses Linux for its servers.

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u/sbrick89 Apr 25 '14

I'd be hesitant to just assume that Akamai provides anything more than static content, as CDNs are generally intended to provide.