On 08/08/12 20:01, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 01:51:42PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Nux!<nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >>> >>> +1 phpBB >>> >>> Has a large user base and (I imagine) developer base. The likely >>> security issues will be promptly fixed. :-) >> >> And how many years have they been saying that? > > -1 phpBB > > phpBB has one of the worst track records for forum packages with regards > to security issues and they have, as Les mentioned, been promising to > "fix" the heart of the problem for many, many years now. Quite a few > years ago I grew tired of the "phpBB security hole of the week" game, > transitioned everything to SMF, and never once looked back. I routinely > turn down gigs that want phpBB if I am unable to convince them to go > with SMF - it's just not worth the headaches. > > SMF was rejected a long time ago on the basis of the license not being friendly. Please check back in the archives or refer to the matrix here: http://wiki.centos.org/WebsiteVer2/forums Thanks.