@article {witten2001does, title = {Does open source improve system security?}, journal = {IEEE Software}, volume = {18}, number = {5}, year = {2001}, pages = {57{\textendash}61}, publisher = {IEEE}, abstract = {An attacker could examine public source code to find flaws in a system. So, is source code access a net gain or loss for security? The authors consider this question from several perspectives and tentatively conclude that having source code available should work in favor of system security.}, keywords = {security}, url = {https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/71f6/01579ad1c373ed59a19eba0396f7f0cb7a0e.pdf}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/01579ad1c373ed59a19eba0396f7f0cb7a0e.pdf}, author = {Witten, Brian and Landwehr, Carl and Caloyannides, Michael} }