[olug] encrypted login to PHP-bb forums?

Brian Wiese bwiese at cotse.com
Mon Oct 17 02:50:53 UTC 2005


i like phorum.org =)  it has a few new plugins too

Will Langford wrote:

>That's a tiny bit unfair. phpBB has a huge install base, so it's going to
>have issues discovered more often than a not-so-used BB. If a million people
>are using hammer A, and a hundred are using hammer B, hammer A will get more
>error reports no matter which one is 'better'.
> In a similar vein, if you don't need all the modularity/features/etc
>associated with phpBB, perhaps a smaller, tighter, less-problem-prone BB
>would be an option. I have no suggestions on any of those, though.
> -Will
>
> On 10/12/05, Sean Kelly <smkelly at zombie.org> wrote:
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>>I would suggest you reconsider your need to use phpBB as well. It does not
>>have a good track record when it comes to security. Go search the Bugtraq
>>list archives on it and you'll see what I mean. It averages more than one
>>issue a month.
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