Hello there
I need to build a private forum, something small to work with about 20 people, but security is important. We need to give informs about our work periodically, and so the forum itself should also be very simple, no special features at all needed.
Is the a free software to build a secure, easy to build forum for my purposes? Cheers
I need to build a private forum
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Nestor
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I need to build a private forum
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Nestor
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Thank you Sardast. There are so many choices, that it is difficult to find which is the apropiate one.
I have some cool options offered in my own pack and server, but security is not the best.
I’ll find out which one to use. Thank you for the great links
Nestor
I have some cool options offered in my own pack and server, but security is not the best.
I’ll find out which one to use. Thank you for the great links
Nestor
*MUSIC* The most Powerful Language in the world! *INDEED*
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Nestor
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Cheers Star! 
I was most of all concerned about security, but there are some pretty radical options to fix it, as we are going to be always the same amount of people, without the posibility to register from outside the forum itself. Thank you again!
I was most of all concerned about security, but there are some pretty radical options to fix it, as we are going to be always the same amount of people, without the posibility to register from outside the forum itself. Thank you again!
*MUSIC* The most Powerful Language in the world! *INDEED*
Even phpbb3 would work for this. Most modern forums allow you to configure the forums so that only the admins can authorize new users. You can also remove the 'register' button and rename the php file so that only someone who knows the name of it can create accounts, or install an admin mod to allow creation of accounts (I think you can only modify/delete by default). You can setup group and user level permissions for each forum & subforum to restrict access and grant access where you wish.
Also, there are ways to isolate the forums (really any areas of your site) from a casual web browser or someone intent on crawling around your system either by doing backend configuration of the server via a shell or a web management interface, or you can use something called .htaccess and built in phpbb3 options to password protect that area of your web server, etc.
You can also encrypt the connection to the server with a number of mods, either via ssl with https (requires an ssl cert in most cases, can be faked if you run your own box and everyone knows/is told how to import the cert on their end), or blowfish and several other algorithms via a browser based implementation (plugin or java app etc). This is usually only necessary if you're worried about someone snooping the connections of the people using the forums (from the ISP or a potential 3rd party 'in between').
Also, there are ways to isolate the forums (really any areas of your site) from a casual web browser or someone intent on crawling around your system either by doing backend configuration of the server via a shell or a web management interface, or you can use something called .htaccess and built in phpbb3 options to password protect that area of your web server, etc.
You can also encrypt the connection to the server with a number of mods, either via ssl with https (requires an ssl cert in most cases, can be faked if you run your own box and everyone knows/is told how to import the cert on their end), or blowfish and several other algorithms via a browser based implementation (plugin or java app etc). This is usually only necessary if you're worried about someone snooping the connections of the people using the forums (from the ISP or a potential 3rd party 'in between').
Yea... I know you'll not send these kind of things... he....