Due to very recent events that involve a possible security breach into the forum, catface and someone else will be moving the forum to a new host this Saturday and converting it from vbulletin to a xenforo board. It looks like the security breach was minor in the form of an admin's smartphone getting hacked and used to mass delete threads and posts (not too many were deleted). The affected admin's permissions have been removed and it doesn't look like anything else was done but we can't be sure. So as a precaution, if the passwords you use on any other services is the same as the password you use on this forum then I suggest you change those passwords immediately.
krenzo is noob will threads/post be converted? doesnt that take alot of time? (i assume you will be backing it up before you do that of course) and is xenforo any different really? whats stopping that from happening on this other forum software which is less known than vbulletin?
Vbulletin is known for its terrible security. Having used Xenforo, I can say it is a lot better. Also. I've revamped the usergroups. There is a chance that certain former (no mod) developers (they know who they are) might not have access anymore to certain forums. If this is the case, please contact me, Tama or Cyberkiller.
Was phpbb considered? I run one and they are pretty easy to run and configure for anything. Also why not just restore from the weekly backups. You do have weekly backups.... right? edit3: So I just looked it up. Xenforo is kinda pricey. Even the frigging addons have renewal fees. If you want to purchase a forum while hosting it yourself.. I have also used and loved IPB. https://www.invisionpower.com/buy/self-hosted its like 225 up front and then only $25 a year.
We'd lose our recent posts and layout changes unless we cherry pick the posts. Which is difficult considering the amount deleted. Yeah. But I already have a license, so it's not an issue.
Well if someones phone was hijacked, a different forum system will most probably not help with this specific attack. Just saying. You can always virii an admin and get access...
Catface already has a Xenforo license. We have monthly backups due to the size of them. Yes, but passwords can easily be exposed at login via code injection.
