Surprise, Windows Listed as Most Secure OS

david_g17 writes "According to a Symantec study reported by Information Week, Microsoft has the most secure operating system amongst its commercial competitors. The report only covered the last 6 months of vulnerabilities and patch releases, but the results place Microsoft operating systems above Mac OS X and Red Hat. According to the article, 'The report found that Microsoft Windows had the fewest number of patches and the shortest average patch development time of the five operating systems it monitored in the last six months of 2006.' The article continues to mention the metrics used in the study (quantity and severity of vulnerabilities as well as the amount of time one must wait for the patch to be released)."

Comments

Re:Doesn't add up

[eraser.cpp]

66 days is a really long time, and assuming this includes the patches from the Month of Mac exploits held in January I'm surprised they said only 1 was high priority. Without seeing their data I wouldn't put much stock into any of this, but I do hope it will shut up some zealots who haven't noticed the playing field is a lot more level than it used to be when it comes to security.

Re:"IRC botnet"

[jb.hl.com]

eggdrop, from what I remember from telephone modem days, was a program that echoed nonsense into IRC channels so the phone company would not hang up the line.

You are an absolute moron.