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juggernaut · 2005-04-22, 11:38 AM

I'm thinking of putting one up on my site. In the past I was dead set against it as I see a ton of them become flame and sit kicking contests. But after thinking it over I'm thinking it might be a good thing to offer my customers as a way of letting them get to know some of the cam hosts and keep them in the site for longer periods. I looked over some of the freeware IE Yabb, and php. Is there any advantage other then support then purchasing? I see this one is by vBulletin. Is it better then the free code? Only downside to free code that I see is open source (means good for development but bad for security) Are the purchased versions any more secure then free? Is it worth having one that needs to be managed most likly on a daily basis? Just looking for some thoughts from the wise ones. Thanks Jugg.

cd34 · 2005-04-22, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by juggernaut

Only downside to free code that I see is open source (means good for development but bad for security)

So you host your sites on a windows server, and don't use PHP or Perl?

Personally, I have found both phpbb and vbulletin to have strengths and weaknesses. Until you get to a certain size, phpbb is usually more than adequate -- and easy to start with. In January, both had numerous security issues that needed to be addressed.

And while VBulletin is a for-pay product, you do get access to the source code which makes it somewhat open.

Internet Explorer is closed source code -- I don't think open source versus closed source makes much difference in terms of security issues. Or the TMobile hack -- that was SQL Injection, plain and simple and to my knowlede, TMobile hasn't released the code they use for their portal.

Keep up with the security updates on whatever you install, but, any of the above ones you listed should be ok. I think if you run Yabb, you'll want to have mod_perl support on your server to make it run more quickly.

juggernaut · 2005-04-22, 01:23 PM

Yes the server is windows 2003 I do not have PHP installed yet as I just dont have the time to make sure it's install correctly. I got the perl installed last week for my awstats and its working fine. I asked the wife about the forums and which one she wanted installed, would'nt you know it. Last week she wants it, this week she dont. Well I'm sure next week will be a whole new wish list. Man would be nice if she knew how to do it. At least then she would not ask for features she has no idea about setting them up. Or I would just tell her to set it up herself. But well see once again another part of the pie put on the whiteboard and now moved to the hold box. Thanks for the reply...

2005-04-22, 11:38 AM	#1
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	Forums? I'm thinking of putting one up on my site. In the past I was dead set against it as I see a ton of them become flame and sit kicking contests. But after thinking it over I'm thinking it might be a good thing to offer my customers as a way of letting them get to know some of the cam hosts and keep them in the site for longer periods. I looked over some of the freeware IE Yabb, and php. Is there any advantage other then support then purchasing? I see this one is by vBulletin. Is it better then the free code? Only downside to free code that I see is open source (means good for development but bad for security) Are the purchased versions any more secure then free? Is it worth having one that needs to be managed most likly on a daily basis? Just looking for some thoughts from the wise ones. Thanks Jugg.

2005-04-22, 01:23 PM	#3
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	Yes the server is windows 2003 I do not have PHP installed yet as I just dont have the time to make sure it's install correctly. I got the perl installed last week for my awstats and its working fine. I asked the wife about the forums and which one she wanted installed, would'nt you know it. Last week she wants it, this week she dont. Well I'm sure next week will be a whole new wish list. Man would be nice if she knew how to do it. At least then she would not ask for features she has no idea about setting them up. Or I would just tell her to set it up herself. But well see once again another part of the pie put on the whiteboard and now moved to the hold box. Thanks for the reply...