[KLUG Members] Message Thread

Jamie McCarthy members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 14 Feb 2002 00:02:29 -0500


admin@cruisenews.net (Paul VandenBosch) writes:

> WWWBoard, http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/wwwboard.shtml is an
> old standard for internet bulletin boards

Probably true, but I would not trust anything from "Matt's Script
Archive" to be secure.  They're lousy perl code, have a history of
security problems, and I don't believe they're maintained.

   http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/faq/wwwboard/q5.shtml

   I think my WWWBoard was hacked, how so?

   Short Answer:
   WWWBoard doesn't have the tightest security.  ...
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 Jamie McCarthy
 jamie@mccarthy.vg