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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:27:41 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
And would stress out the both a lot more, would most likely introduce much
more security issues (the most famous webboard package phpBB gets updates
for security related issues almost weekly it seems, and despite that MANY
forums still get hacked)

Ummmmmm well that's not really fair - phpBB has had 6 updates over the 6 months
I've been running it, and only 2 were for major security issues. And most of the
exploits are because the site didn't keep up-to-date with the latest updates, or
they run other software on the site that was exploited. I'd much rather use
software that gets regular security updates when exploits are found, than one
which only gets an update every 6 months.

If you're gonna put security forward as an argument against web interfaces, at
least get your facts straight :)

ROSCO



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  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) Looking at the phpBB website all 6 had security fixes, although not all "critical" (...) If nothing happens within those 6 months... phpBB just has a very bad track record with regard to their code quality, compared to infoPoP, vBulletin and (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) Nice != Useful (...) I don't WANT pictures, unless I explicitly click on them to be opened. And with me probably a lot of others. Some of us are sometimes still on dial-up you know.... (in the field, on holiday, or just no affordable broadband (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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