OT: suggestions for phpBB replacement

[Andrew Zschetzsche]

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On Mar 22, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Nigel Horne wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 22:21, Andrew Zschetzsche wrote:
>
>> I know this is off topic, but I also know there are some very bright
>> guys on this list :)
>>
>> I am asking for suggestions for a replacement for phpBB.  Our phpBB
>> server (running on Mac OS X [10.3, i think]) recently got hacked,
>
> You don't say what version of phpBB you're running. It is true
> that phpBB doesn't have a good record for security but some work
> has been done recently. 2.0.12 was very insecure and should never
> be used, but you may find 2.0.13 is better.

Ah yes.  Everybody left as I was typing this, so I myself have no idea 
what version it was. (I myself have never touched the box.)

The voice from my superiors is that we want to leave phpBB, regardless 
of future security improvements, as the "will get hacked again, patch 
it, and get hacked again."

Andy


>> Andy
>
> -Nigel
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