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" <rob...@austin-williams.com> 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:356976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
