phpbb3 safe enough ?

well you must be tired of answering usch q's but please help me. ... i dont have the money to buy the vBulletin 4.0 software , so i decied it should be either PHPbb3 or SMF 2. 0 . which one would you think is better .....here is wat i know till now .


PhPbb :-

~ looks great
~ seems to be hacked often
~ good admin control
~ other features like ratings
~ tons of templates and mods

SMF:-

this contains almost all of the above but reagarding security , is it safe enough to go with PHPBB3 ?

 

if you are limited to these 2 options give SMF a try... if you are open to options try mybb

 

phpBB is safe, the boards you may see that get hacked are either due to malicious code added by the admins or unsafe mods.

 

i've decided to stick with SMF , the themes look good , features are awesome and the mods are great too!> but i still miss the glossy edge of Phpbb

 

stick with version 1.1.11 as the 2.x series is still in beta.
stable beats beta any day.

 

The guys at phpbb have been working really hard to make their software more secure. Support they provide on their community is excellent.

 

leaving the support thing, its really unreliable on Phpbb ..they have bugs and its like a 5 min process to hax the forum i dont want that to happen

 

phpBB3 is good.

 

wow that was so useful !!!! meh

would you please reconsider reading the first post???

 

That statement is 100% false..

 

justify it , you can literally find 100s of sites claiming to hack a Phpbb3 forum where as NO site in the whole of www claims to have hacked SMF . see it for yourself

 

There also many big boards using phpbb and arent actually hacked.. security also depends on what mods you use etc

 

I agree. It depends more on the custom codes or stupid mods that many webmasters install. Also it is essential to always keep your site updated with the latest software version irrespective of what forum script you use.

 

well that makes sense

 

Like I said in my earlier statement, "phpBB is safe, the boards you may see that get hacked are either due to malicious code added by the admins or unsafe mods. "

 

yes thats true but there are still methods to hack Phpbb forums

 

I can't think of a single reason why anyone would want to use phpBB when MyBB (SMF, even) has so many more features.

 

phpBB's security has improved immensely, however its ease of management has not. SMF runs circles around MyBB and phpBB in that regard.

 

u talk like a child
every sytem forum has method to be hacked
or maybe u are phpbb hater
as i know
phpbb till know is totally safe
as they rent secutiry from php developer to check their system
furthermor u may ask their support team

 

At least a child can spell "you".

phpBB is the most hackable forum system, and it lacks features. Why would anyone use it?

http://mybb.com