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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed May 17, 17 2:58 pm Post subject: Content management systems and security.
Am having a discussion with a friend about discussion fora and he says that forums are a kind of Content Management system, and all CMS are just a big mess of security holes, so he won't touch them with a long pole. Should I be worried, or how can I allay his concerns?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Wed May 17, 17 8:02 pm Post subject:
never post bank , security, personal, or political details and all will be fine if it must be written a single sheet on a glass surface is usually ok a one use slice of universal background radiation is a good place to start for a decent cypher nowt is really secure and that includes humans and traffic analysis can give context to those who watch.

jema
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Posted: Thu May 18, 17 6:23 am Post subject:
The truth is complicated. CMS's have a poor rep, forums slightly less poor. Most of the risk comes through third party add ons. myff has not been hacked ever in over 10 years. The basic point in a way is that if you are not going to use a CMS, then what the heck are you going to use to fill the role of a CMS?

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Thu May 18, 17 7:30 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

The basic point in a way is that if you are not going to use a CMS, then what the heck are you going to use to fill the role of a CMS?

It seems we've fallen out over it & he's not talking to me now. Ah well.

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