Honeypot Project: Unpatched Linux Systems Last Longer than Windows

Honeypot Project: Unpatched Linux Systems Last Longer than Windows

The Honeypot Project has added fuel to the debate over which is more secure—Linux or Windows—with findings that unpatched Linux systems can be on the Internet for months before being successfully attacked while Windows systems have been compromised in as little as hours.

The international non-profit security organization—with members from security companies like Foundstone Inc., Counterpane Internet Security Inc. and SecurityFocus