** Simon Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-30 23:08]: > Mark Harrison wrote: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2 > > > > Now working fine.... > > > I would mention at this point to make certain you keep up to date with > security updates for both PHP itself and phpBB - in the past, there have > been many vulnerabilities found in the software allowing attackers to > root servers... However, it's brilliant forum software and very simple > to extend in your own way if you know a good amount of PHP. ** end quote [Simon Elliott]
Personally I'd go for almost anything that isn't PHPBB. OK, so that is an over statement, but I am currently looking around for a replacement (and yes I to hate forums - well, not exactly hate, but find them useless for my personal purposes). Ideally I'd like something that avoids PHP since in spite of keeping my machine patched bang up to date it is responsible for the one and only security breach I've ever had (only an inert script into the temp directory, but that's still too far and stilll resulted in a complete system rebuild to be safe). My reasons for disliking PHPBB boil down to: o much like Windows (what a comparison) it seems to be a magnet for bad news, even a little publicised default install will be subject to increasing spam membership and posting in very short order. o the default install lacks sufficient tools to manage and/or limit spam members and spam posts, this shouldn't be left to plugins and patches that need to be re-applied each time you upgrade imho. A quick look through options show Simplemachines to be a good option in technical feature terms, but sadly that falls down on the free as in speech criteria so I'm hoping to find an alternative. I may revisit PHPBB, but I doubt it will be reinstalled on my system. PubBB has also been suggested, but looks to be dead in the water. I also avoid aptitude (or equivalent) installs of web applications because they tend to lag behind in terms of patches which I like to keep bang up to date with - personal opinion though :) -- Paul Tansom -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
