In that case, of course you get into mitigation options.<p>Depending on your contract, proprietary vendors offer few choices about getting a vulnerability patched, if ever. If you&#x27;re in the riffraff section (ie, most router owners only have a few), you might wait a very long time. One [1] from netgear that languished for months. And what about the Juniper backdoor: won&#x27;t fix?<p>With open source, you can take the code to whomever you wish, fix it in house, offer a bounty, etc etc.  There are plenty of houses that give away code and sell support. If GPL&#x27;ed, this model also accelerates fixes because everyone gets immediate benefit of everyone else&#x27;s fixes.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;betanews.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;10&#x2F;hackers-exploit-serious-unpatched-netgear-router-dns-vulnerability" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;betanews.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;10&#x2F;hackers-exploit-serious-unpat...</a>