An Open Source Operating System has the same concepts to a proprietary OS when it comes to security and protection. Both have the components of cryptography, authentication and the like to provide efficient defense against possible threats & attacks. However, the process of developing security procedures is likely to be faster and more reliable in an open source. Since the source code is open to the public, more expert people can find/spot and fix security problems, which only means that the higher the number of the collaborating debuggers, the faster the process is and the higher the possibility of developing a more efficient defense against security breach. In terms of exposure to hackers, taking into account their population is small versus the enormous number of developers, threat is minimal while security and protection of the open source OS has higher chance of formulating the best solutions against vulnerabilities. Compared to a proprietary OS, it is opposite. Security problems takes much time to get resolved because of limited resources (the debuggers) and it costs much.
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