The Impact of a Major Security Event on an Open Source Project
James Walden
Abstract
Context: The Heartbleed vulnerability brought OpenSSL to international attention in 2014. The almost moribund project was a key security component in public web servers and over a billion mobile devices. This vulnerability led to new investments in OpenSSL.
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Computer scienceVulnerability (computing)Computer securitySource codeContext (archaeology)Code reviewSoftware qualityVulnerability assessmentOpen sourceBest practiceSoftwareDatabaseSoftware developmentOperating systemPsychotherapistPaleontologyBiologyEconomicsManagementPsychologyPsychological resilienceSoftware Engineering ResearchSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices