sshd & [USN-2459-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities

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On 2015-01-14 05:14, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/13/2015 03:42 AM, Vangelis Katsikaros wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Sorry in case the question is stupid :) Does the ssh service need a 
>> restart
>> after this update?
> 
> 
>> From the notice:
> 
> <quote>
> After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
> all the necessary changes.
> </quote>

A blatant lie!  :-P
Apart from kernel updates I don't think computer reboots are needed at 
all on Linuces.
It's just an easy and safe advice to give, but not very practical for 
production servers.


Best regards,
Patrick