%0 Journal Article %J Computers & Security %D 2003 %T The availability of source code in relation to timely response to security vulnerabilities %A John Reinke %A Hossein Saiedian %K bugtraq %K cert %K email %K email archives %K mailing list %K security %K vulnerability %X Once a vulnerability has been found in an application or service that runs on a computer connected to the Internet, fixing that exploit in a timely fashion is of the utmost importance. There are two parts to fixing vulnerability: a party acting on behalf of the application's vendor gives instructions to fix it or makes a patch available that can be downloaded; then someone using that information fixes the computer or application in question. This paper considers the effects of proprietary software versus non-proprietary software in determining the speed with which a security fix is made available, since this can minimize the amount of time that the computer system remains vulnerable. %B Computers & Security %V 22 %P 707 - 724 %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V8G-4B9CV31-C/2/a218fccfaef185af5c122f118b252703 %R DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4048(03)00011-7