Microsoft vs. Linux Security
by Volker Weber
The average unpatched Linux system survives for months on the Internet before being hacked, a report recently issued by the Honeypot Project claims. In comparison, unpatched Windows systems often are hacked within minutes of connecting to the Internet. Late last month, similar "honeypot" research done by AvanteGarde tallied the average survival time of several versions of Windows at just four minutes.
