[Cialug] Open Source Message Board Suggestions

[Dave Crouse]

I've used phpBB for over 6 years.  It's really not any "worse" at
security  than the others, it does have quite a large userbase, which
puts a huge red bullseye on the project.  The phpBB3 version is very
nice. I'm in the process of converting a few of my sites over to it
now. A lot more features built into it.  It was extremely easy to
setup as well.  Keeping informed on security issues for web facing
apps, is just good common sense ;) I usually add my own "layer" of
security onto it anyway. Stuff like Apache/htaccess security for the
administration pages, easy to implement, and well worth the extra
effort. phpBB's security is alot better now than years past, but you
can't be too careful.

As for using it on a public site, I have been for years.

Dave Crouse



On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Aaron Korver <aaron.korver at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that's why since it is internal only, I feel better using it.  I
> wouldn't use it on a public site.
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Aaron Porter <atporter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Aaron Korver <aaron.korver at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > So far I've looked at phpBB and YaBB which are both open sourced, and
>> > vbulletin board which is commercial (but very cheap).
>>
>> I always seem to end up supporting phpBB. It's not bad, but has
>> something of a "colorful" security history -- make sure to get on the
>> announce/security lists for any web-facing package you install.
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