You may have been reading about the Heartbleed vulnerability. You’ll be happy to hear that while Merritt uses OpenSSL, we use a version (0.9.8) that is not vulnerable. You can read more about the Heartbleed bug here:
Let us know if you have any questions. Thanks,
Perry
Perry Willett
Digital Preservation Services Manager
California Digital Library
415 20th St., 4th Floor
Oakland CA 94612-2901
Ph: 510-987-0078
Fax: 510-893-5212