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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-att=
ack/
>
> 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,

--=20
Rob Hills
Waikiki, Western Australia