I think you got the wrong end of the stick. I was talking about the apps rather than the language.
Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk cfmldeveloper.com cflive.net cfsearch.com On 25 Oct 2013 04:34, "Ben Conner" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Russ, > > You mention php and security with the suggestion that php sites are > (relatively) > secure. I know little about php other than having been told at one time > that > php had some significant issues with security. I also understand since it > is > open-source, it is much like the *nix variations...as in what flavor are we > talking about? > > Is php more bullet-proof these days? > > Idle curiosity, mainly. > > --Ben > > On 10/24/2013 11:55 AM, Russ Michaels wrote: > > If you don't do php then you may have some limits but tbh I haven't found > > anything that there is not a plugin for. > > The other big advantage with foss is the constant updates. But then > > disadvantage is popular foss getd attacked more often too. > > With a bespoke website your usually never going to get any updates unless > > you get hacked and then have to ask someone to fix it. This is a big > > consideration these days that did not exist when the sites were built. > We > > get this a lot with legacy cf sites which got hacked months b4 client > > noticed and it usually takes us less time to convert the site to wp than > it > > would take to go through all the code adding cfqueryparam and protecting > > against other attacks. > > I am no fan of php but safly all the b3st apps are built in php. > > > > Russ Michaels > > www.michaels.me.uk > > cfmldeveloper.com > > cflive.net > > cfsearch.com > > On 24 Oct 2013 18:25, "Robert Harrison" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>> TBH doing something in CF if you can do it in wordPress is pointless > and > >> more expensive. Knocking out quick websites is not really what CF is > good > >> for these days, so I think you are doing the right thing. > >>> Use CF if they wan't completely bespoke systems or apps that you cannot > >> achieve with off the shelf FOSS. > >> > >> I understand, but we do have a modular framework and CMS already > developed > >> in CF. We can configure and deploy quite quickly in CF. I'm not seeing a > >> significant difference in development time between WP and CF, but I do > see > >> that hosting WP sites is much easier and the perception is that WP is > more > >> current. However, I also see that I never have to say no to my clients > >> running CF, but those running WP must stay inside the box. > >> > >> Robert Harrison > >> Director of Interactive Services > >> > >> Austin & Williams > >> Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > >> 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 > >> T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 > >> http://www.austin-williams.com > >> > >> Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austi > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
