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Answer» Hi guys my uncle have a forum and we're having a problem with it There is some hacker hacking the forum and causing this problem : he deleted all webpages and folders inside the website and he wrote his email so we have to upload the forum again Does any one of you know some way to protect the forum or know some code we can add it to the forum to protect Are you using some kind of forum software or is it custon-built?wot do you mean by custon-built ? if u mean how we BULIT the forum ... it have been built by a web programer (my friend) and no am not using any kind of forum softwareWell what I can recommend then, is to use some-kind of well-known forum software like SMF or phpBB. These are both free to download and are updated frequently with patches / bug fixes etc. If you're interested in commercial solutions, there are vBulletin and IPBoard. These would definitely be a better solution to what you have at the moment. Custom themes and templates can be added to any of the above so you can still use the layout you had on your old forum.Thanx dude but could u tell me more about forum software or about his work Basically forum software can be installed on a webserver and provides a ready to use forum. Themes are USUALLY available and patches are RELEASED for any security holes. Personally I prefer SMF as a free one - This forum is powered by SMF! Quote from: kanaan on June 17, 2010, 09:43:24 AM Thanx dude but could u tell me more about forum software or about his workThat's another thing. It's not one person who designed it, it's a whole community of web developers and testers. That's what makes it so secure and reliable - the fact that you have some of the best developers involved in it. Having so many people involved also means that if there is a vulnerability found, it is usually patched very quickly. I think you have the wrong meaning of "software" though. When I say "forum software", I mean, as camerongray said, a forum that can be installed on your website easily without any code editing by you. This forum that you're using right now is SMF, if you hadn't noticed.does the "custom" forum have any form of user authentication, or is it more along the lines of "are you a registered user Y/N?"I recommend Forumotion, a quick, customizable, immediately online forum services. http://www.forumotion.com/ ---- SECURE AUTHENTICATION Are you an ADMINISTRATOR? (Y/N) y AUTH PASSED - you can now administrate this forum. Thanx alot guys i think i will try the smf bc_programmer i dont know because am not an ADMIN in the forum am just askin to help my uncle because he own the forum |
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