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

[andré]

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)