How does an open source operating system like Linux® affect Internet security and safety? Solution Since open source operating system\'s code is available to all,it\'s provides an easy access to hackers and potential misusers which affects safety of such systems. The non stable nature of Open source operating system also can be considered an important factor that affects the Security.This is because Developers all over the globe modify the code and thus the code is not stable and it becomes vulnerable to security threats. Even if patches are introduced from time to time,mostly after an attack or so but due to large flavours or distributions of open source software, some flavours are left without patches that makes them vulnerable to attacks. Also,The administration of open source operating system Servers also plays an important factor in Internet Security. Since it is known that for example,Linux Server administration is more difficult and when multiple ports are open it is sometimes not possible to handle an attack or security threat immediately. But then as it is said that every coin has two sides, Sometimes it is considered that Open Source Systems like Linux are more secure because of the following reasons :.