Web Hosts Ban phpBB due to Security Concerns

Filed in: Open Source — July 11th, 2005

Some web hosts are banning the use of phpBB in the wake of persistent security problems for the popular open source web forum program. The move follows renewed attacks on phpBB after a software update mistakenly reintroduced a coding error that enabled a December worm attack that defaced thousands of phpBB sites.

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Alternatively, I recommend Simple Machines as web forum, it is free and open source too.

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  • http://www.ibnjuferi.com/ MENJ

    Nah, I will still use phpBB even after that exploit in PHP code which caused the hacker attack. phpBB is still the best Open-Source discussion board out there in PHP.

    - MENJ

  • http://www.ibnjuferi.com/ MENJ

    Nah, I will still use phpBB even after that exploit in PHP code which caused the hacker attack. phpBB is still the best Open-Source discussion board out there in PHP.

    - MENJ

  • http://blog.menj.org menj

    Nah, I will still use phpBB even after that exploit in PHP code which caused the hacker attack. phpBB is still the best Open-Source discussion board out there in PHP.

    - MENJ

  • ZEO

    This issue has been announce over at phpbb.com.

    uh come on, tell me which opensource scripts doesnt suffer from exploits.

  • ZEO

    This issue has been announce over at phpbb.com.

    uh come on, tell me which opensource scripts doesnt suffer from exploits.

  • ZEO

    This issue has been announce over at phpbb.com.

    uh come on, tell me which opensource scripts doesnt suffer from exploits.

  • Anonymous

    No one can be perfect. It just because of the popularity is toooo large.

  • Anonymous

    No one can be perfect. It just because of the popularity is toooo large.

  • http://www.themp3players.com Chi An

    No one can be perfect. It just because of the popularity is toooo large.

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