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Considering Using phpBB - How secure is it?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by kentuckyslone, Jan 14, 2008.

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    I am considering adding a forum to one of my sites. The site gets about 1400 uniques per day and I expect that the forum will become quite busy.

    I am thinking of using phpBB (Is there a better alternative?)

    Can anyone tell me if this is a good idea? Is this secure, that is can it be easily hacked? Are there any problems I might face with that platform?

    I would appreciate any advice on this matter
     
    kentuckyslone, Jan 14, 2008 IP
  2. Allinpoker.cc

    Allinpoker.cc Peon

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    I use phpBB3 - my site is not quite as busy as you expect, but many much busier sights use it well. It is very secure in the unmodified format, and is easily customized to your needs. Other options would be phpnuke, vbbulliten, maybe more, but I do not know much about them.
     
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  3. Dr. XYZ

    Dr. XYZ Guest

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    For a free solution I would rather suggest MyBB, www. mybboard.net

    Otherwise go for vBulletin or IPB

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    Dr. XYZ, Jan 14, 2008 IP
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    If you want free solution, go for SMF

    If you want paid solution, go for vBulletin
     
    Suri.CMS, Jan 15, 2008 IP
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    blueparukia Well-Known Member

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    If you want free solution, go for MyBB

    If you want paid solution, screw it and go with MyBB anyway. I am in the MBB 1.4 beta and it has better features than phpBB, SMF and vB - including SEO friendly URLS, a Moderaor Control Panel (no free software I have found has this), a warning system, great ajax usage, and very user friendly on the Admin and the users, unlike SMF.
     
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    deu12000 Active Member

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    Go with phpBB. It's very easy to use and configure. A lot of people don't like phpBB but 3 is completely different from all the other versions and amazing. I use phpBB on all of my sites where I don't want to buy a VBulletin license on. phpBB is a stepping stone script, once you get a certain amount of visitors and traffic you're better off making the jump to VBulletin.
     
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  7. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    I think and I hope phpbb learnt from its past lessons, phpbb3 is suppose to be a far more stable and safe product. But I guess it haven't been through the baptism of fire, maybe we can wait a few months to see if any Smart Alex found some vulnerabilities or not.
     
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  8. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    phpbb is a great script and can be secure assuming you don't have the crap out of it ;)
     
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    Just a minor note but phpBB3 does have a moderator control panel (and there's for example warnings there)

    And the caching in phpbb3 is cool. :)

    (I have no experience of SMF though.)
     
    woods, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  10. kentuckyslone

    kentuckyslone Notable Member

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    Thanks for all your comments everyone. Will definitelt look more into phpBB3
     
    kentuckyslone, Jan 15, 2008 IP
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    SMF is more secure than phpBB, they say.
     
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    heh, phpBB has been hacked so many times, and it's been established for so long, I would go as far as to say the developers have experienced everything the average hacker is going to throw at.

    But, I could be wrong. Further, I haven't reviewed the rewrite for version 3, as I stopped being active in the phpBB community before it was released.

    I could be wrong, but I'm just saying, if your #1 concern is security, phpBB is probably your best (free) bet. If you're going for features, try out a demo version of myBB/SMF/phpBB3 and see which one you personally like. They're all reasonably secure, meaning you should be fine, but backup the DB weekly just in case ;).

    I don't trust the security of any freely distributed code personally, I think it's about akin to distributing safe schematics if you ask me :)
     
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    I used phpb...and was hacked many times....Then I started to use vbulletin and everyting goes smoothly...
     
    Domino, Jan 21, 2008 IP