[Mageia-dev] A comparison of forum software from a security POV

Tue Sep 28 06:07:15 CEST 2010

This thread really peaked my interest ...
+Tux99 a écrit :
+> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+>    
+>> What would be an additional important figure is, how long has it been
+>> for each vulnerability to be fixed; how many users each has had, etc.
+>>
+>> Plus, what type of vulnerability. Plus, for what branch of the
+>> software (I guess, for instance, phpBB 2.x and 3.x are a bit
+>> different).
+> You are right but all that requires a lot more time to investigate which
+> I currently don't have.
+> But in any case it's hard to argue with 7 (fudforum) vs. 723 (phpBB).
+>    
+The phpBB site had an explanation - serious errors version 2.
+They also had version 3 audited for security ...
+>> What we do need is a forum that matches our needs; actually pretty
+>> basic, but maybe for having good admin features, excellent
+>> hackability, extensability, being well documented, having a nice
+>> community of developers around it.
+>>      
+> Agreed and I'd say that all of the FOSS packages I listed generally
+> fulfill these criteria (each with their own strong points).
+>    
+>> So, requirement #1: open source license (as in http://opensource.org/ ).
+>>      
+> Well out of the ones I listed that is:
+> phpBB - GPL
+> myBB - GPL
+> FUDforum - GPL
+>
+> this page is also quite useful:
+> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software_(PHP)
+>
+> I was actually doing this comparison not primarily for the future
+> Mageia forum, but because I'm looking for a good forum software for a
+> personal project.
+>
+> I had mostly decided to take myBB since it has a very good reputation
+> and is considered relatively secure (and this check I did confirms
+> that), but since I discovered FUDforum a few days ago and tested it on
+> the weekend I have now decided that FUDforum is the ideal choice for me
+> (and IMHO also for the Mageia forum).
+>    
+To me, the translations available, and their quality, are important 
+factors for forum software.
+The phpBB presentation on their site looks good, and they have a lot of 
+translations available - as plugins.
+But the FUDforum site - and the translations available - is really 
+impressive.
+Many languages are available out-of-the-box, and many more can be added.
+Also, translations can be readily created - or corrected - which is a 
+big plus, as we won't be dependant on others to correct simple 
+translation errors, or add new translations.
+I don't know the features in detail, but from the presentation on the 
+respective sites, I would also choose FUDforum for Mageia.
+
+My 2 cents
+
+- André (Canada)
+