Hand-coded, open-source, or remotely hosted?

[cr0wonline]

What type of forum would you prefer to use?
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Hand Coded
One that you code yourself, 100% from scratch.

Open Source
Forum systems like vBulletin, phpBB, etc. where you host it all on your site.

Remotely Hosted
Forum providers like Proboards that host the forums directly on their servers(username.proboards.com).
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I prefer hand-coded ones, because that way i can make everything the way i want it from the start. :)

[audow]

Open source - SMF is very useful ^^

[Tyler]

Hand Coded. The others have way too many security holes that everyone knows about.

[cr0wonline]

Hand Coded. The others have way too many security holes that everyone knows about.
Is UnlimitedMB in the process of hand coding a forum?

[wwe]

I don't think so.....

I think he's just replying saying he'd rather use something hand coded than something not. Also I think ULMB should update their forum here.

[cr0wonline]

The hand-coded forum i'm working on is almost done, maybe i could make a version for UnlimitedMB ;)

[Tyler]

Oh nooo.. sorry, I read your thread wrong, I thought you were talking about what type of script. I would rather use a pre built form, IE vBulletin then a hand coded one. From what I have seen hand coded ones use more system resources.

[top99gaming]

open source, that way it cost nothing, the sercurity holes should be patched up easily and you can write your own add ons for it

[cr0wonline]

Actually Tyler, when running my forum system against vBulletin, phpBB, and SMF on my localhost, my forum used less :p

[Tyler]

If you had all the features and spam blocking technology and everything that is built into the backend that is useless to most people but to some its useful then i bet it would use more, unless you are used to coding forums.

[kewlchat]

Open scource , you can always change everything and make it real cool and find ad ons and mods ect.. Prob i could make a simple forum by hand to do a simple login and do simple posts that might be good but it would take to much time to put advanced functions to be worth it in my case.. so thats why i dont try to make one.

But if you did make one it would be real cool somehting to be proud of too.. least you could say hey i made my own forum :D

btw im playing with a e107 theme right now im gona make it real nice ill show you guys when im finished.
And while on the topic of forums has anyone noticed that spam bots love phpbb2 more then any other forum software :rolleyes: lol

[newway]

Remotely hosted, and free code forums.

Remotely hosted and free coded forums might have loop holes and such, but the only way others can get into the main account is to crack into them, not hack, hacking and cracking is totally different.

Hackers and crackers........

a.k.a. a hacker -or- hacking

A computer enthusiast who enjoys learning everything about a computer system and, through clever programming, pushes the system to its highest possible level of performance. Often confused with crackers, these hobbyists are skilled programmers with the reputation of having a mischievous bent for breaking into secured systems. In one sense, a hacker is a person who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about it. In another sense, the term "hacker" tends to connote membership within a global community defined by computer networks; it implies that the person subscribes to some version of the hacker ethic. Hacking has been going on since computers were invented, and sometimes there have been extremely damaging consequences. A variety of old-time hackers have now "gone commercial" and taken hacking to the business level (they are now referred to as "ethical hackers").

For example, they use their hacking skills to develop penetration tools, and then they go out and analyze a customer's networks for security vulnerabilities, in order to report the findings back to the customer. Hacker wannabes take note: It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Most hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), although new members are said to be gladly welcome.

Cracker

hacker jargon used to describe one who breaks security on a system. This term was coined circa 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of the word "hacker." While it is expected that hackers will have done some playful cracking, most outgrow the desire to break security (except perhaps to get some work done). Crackers tend to gather in small, secretive groups that have little overlap with hacker culture. They like to describe themselves as hackers (but hackers consider them lame). A cracker is also one who can crack a software program.

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That there is the definition between the two, and I have yet to experience a hacker. Basically, a person that manages to get into your account is a cracker, due to the unlimited possibilities for passwords, and for one, they try to find similarities between two different users passwords, or someone with a email account and an account somewhere else.

[cr0wonline]

Newway, i have a much shorter definition :p

A hacker is someone who "programs", for lack of a better word, their way into things, whereas a cracker guesses passwords, or finds them. ;)

There are two categories of hackers. White-hat hackers, and black-hat hackers. White-hat hackers hack with the purpose of improving security, while black-hat hackers hack with the purpose of destruction.