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Safety On My Forum

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ManOfBliss:
Hello There,

I have a website through which I run a business, so it's important I can keep that running safely.

Is it secure to set up my forum in a directory of my website, for example http://www.domain.com/forum?

What are the chance the forum could somehow disrupt my website's activity? Would you recommend
I set up a second server for this forum? Thanks.

Timothy

Colin:
Yes setting it up in /forum is fine. You could put it on a seperate server if you are worried about security, but there are no known vulnerabilities of SMF 2.02.

青山 素子:

--- Quote from: ManOfBliss on April 24, 2012, 04:05:56 AM ---I have a website through which I run a business, so it's important I can keep that running safely.

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Do you do regular backups? If not, why not start? There's always a chance of a server-level compromise and you need to be prepared for it.



--- Quote from: ManOfBliss on April 24, 2012, 04:05:56 AM ---Is it secure to set up my forum in a directory of my website, for example http://www.domain.com/forum?

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It's no less secure than putting it elsewhere on the same server.



--- Quote from: ManOfBliss on April 24, 2012, 04:05:56 AM ---What are the chance the forum could somehow disrupt my website's activity?

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It depends. The latest releases of SMF 1.1 and 2.0 don't have known vulnerabilities, but stuff changes all the time. I'd say the chances are about the same as whatever you're using for your existing website being compromised and used to disrupt things.


--- Quote from: ManOfBliss on April 24, 2012, 04:05:56 AM ---Would you recommend I set up a second server for this forum?

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I don't think that would be necessary. I mean, if you have the money to make sure it's on a whole different server, you could if you're really worried. However, it might be better to get a proper consultant to analyze your current security practices and get a backup solution in place.

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