Chose one that your comfortable using. The only distinct differences between them that are important are.
IPB = 16 Security Holes
vBulletin = 14 Security Holes
XenForo = Never Heard Of It
I prefer MyBB over any other forum software just because of its the safest forum software (ie open source). Doesn't look too bad, and easy to write your own plugins to.
Do you have any source or etc. to backup your information ?Originally Posted by Warmonger
No, I cannot share them with you? These exploits are private.
Well I don't really believe that information, alot of international bussiness forums and so on use IPB and vBulletin, and in they're bussiness they don't have the luxury of being hacked. Can you try to hack my forum ? I just want a demonstration!
Thanks!
Being a international business does not give you the power to not have exploits.
One of the most popular bits of software deployed on the web with much more exposure to data means penetration tests and heavy code auditing has happened here looking for exploits, that I don't have a ton of them from various websites and milw0rm or the MS community means it's very unlikely you have that many examples of what would be considered an exploit (significant access elevation or information disclosure).
Stop being a dumbass, thanks.
There is no such thing as a perfectly safe server you should know that. Everything on the internet is written in some type of language and where there is code there is ways to manipulate it. Of course you wont find a single exploit on milw0rm nor exploit-db etc. They are private for a reason and there is no way of getting them unless someone like me decides to give them out (which wont ever happen). Its not a big issue the holes are there because there are very few people that can abuse them. I simply mentioned the factor a safe forum is key priority for any community. RageZone is always under attack yet it has just enough security to keep the hackers at bay. Picking the right forum software starts with three steps security, functionality, then looks. After that its whatever floats your boat.
Last edited by Warmonger; 03-12-10 at 02:37 PM.
No need to pretend. Come chat with me on MSN ill be sure to leave you completely speechless as far as you know. And stay on topic quit spamming.
I have a similar situation. Can be discussed.
I think their all equal in their own way. But if I had to choose, based on experience, I would pick vBulletin.
Re: IPB vs vBulletin vs XenForo
Hey, i was just googled xenforo vs ipb vs vb and that post came first.
I do run xenforo for my forums and i am amazed, cause of the use of JQuery is way faster than vBulletin and IPB. There is no doubt about it.
Now about "beautifulness", yes xenforo will still beat them all here. XenForo's basic theme is still yet way nicer than that classic / old vb one and same for IPB. Now about custom themes, yes xenforo lacks here since it's still on RC1 and the theme developers wait for the Gold release (stable release) to get released to they know whats the final code and they will be sure that nothing will broke after the Gold Release.
But yet xenforo based forum even with the classic layout but by using custom modifications, edits and new color combinations and graphics, can rock.
take an example here EliteNerds | The PC-Tech Forum Community - Sofware, Hardware, GFX, Programming, Linux, Tutorials and much more!
But now hey seriously, you are comparing vBulletin 4 or even 3.8 which took so many years to be what it is now, same for IPB to a BETA stage XenForo? Since people even debate it and talk about, shows how powerful XenForo it and how many potential it has and makes me feel PROUD i own a xenforo license and didn't go for VB or IPB.
Try to compare vB 1 Beta and IPB 1 Beta if u really want to find out whats the best ;)
peace
Last edited by gmaister22; 31-01-11 at 05:20 PM.
I'm surprised such an elite exploiter as yourself hasn't heard of the next gen forum software.
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Is there anyone out there that wants to say hi??
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Use MyBB.
I like it more than those three.
Most of people will choose vb because you see ragezone running on a vb forum.
ipb is really complicated with my experience
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