Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Forum

date posted 17th February 2007 10:22

Steve,

Install the MOD called EasyMOD. Any further mods then take seconds and
get installed into EVERY template/theme at the same time :) It just
adds itself to the Admin menu - easy as pie to use. With it, adding
MODs is then a breeze :)

Steve Turnbull wrote:
> I demand that Ben Moxon [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
>
>
>> Richard Fletcher wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday 16 February 2007 18:17, Tom Miller wrote:
>>>
>>> Steer clear of phpBB. It regularly comes up with having security
>>> holes, and you need to keep on top of all the updates. Invision
>>> do a better one.
>>>
>>>
>> It's not too bad once you get on top of it, but it is the Windows of
>> BBs- fine once you've got it secure, but that takes a bit of work
>> and it is inherently insecure by design.
>>
>> Much like windows, I don't think the security problems are because
>> it is inherently worse than any of the alternatives, it's just very
>> popular and that means that it's a good target for people wanting
>> to write spam bots.
>>
>
> I've been administering a couple of sites with phpBB for some years
> and I agree with Ben. It's not horrible, it's not terrible, it's not
> "full of security holes" and you don't "have to keep up with the
> security updates" -- once you have a couple installed you're fine.
>
> Maybe there are better but phpBB is good ole reliable.
>
> (And I never use the MOD install software I do it by hand and it
> takes, at most, 20 minutes. When's Aaron going to join this thread and
> tell us how PHP is full of secuity holes too?)
>
> Wanders away muttering...
>
> Steve
>
>

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