Forum/Bulletin Board Recommendations?
Kimball Larsen
kimball at kimballlarsen.com
Wed Mar 8 11:49:46 MST 2006
On Mar 8, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
> Doran wrote:
>
>> But, recently we had a client who had phpBB and was concerned that it
>> was RIDDLED with security issues. We did some research and
>> recommended:
>
> I second that-- I've had several clients using phpBB and they were all
> cracked using well-known exploits. The package itself is actually
> quite nice, easy to install, and very popular, but there have been
> repeated security problems. Unless you're willing to always stay atop
> the latest patches and watch for newsgroup postings about new
> security
> holes, I'd recommend against using phpBB.
>
Bummer. I was leaning towards phpBB before these posts.
This will only be on an intranet site though - not even publicly
accessible. I wonder if I risk the potential threats if I trust my
users...
-- Kimball
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