Hi Laura, On 29/11/15 01:04, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:25:07 +0800, Rob Hills writes: >> All that said, I'd be interested to see specific (and hopefully >> unbiased) info about phpBB's failings... > People I know of who run different bb software say that the spammers > really prefer phpBB. So keeping it spam free is about 4 times the > work as for, for instance, IPB. > > Hackers seem to like it too -- possibly due to this: > http://defensivedepth.com/2009/03/03/anatomy-of-a-hack-the-phpbbcom-attack/ > > make sure you aren't vulnerable.
Thanks for the link and the advice. Personally, I'd rather go with something based on a language I am reasonably familiar with (eg Python or Java) however it seems the vast bulk of Forum software is based on PHP :-( Cheers, -- Rob Hills Waikiki, Western Australia -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list