phpBB Weekly

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Episode Duration: 1:08:20
On This Episode: Douglas Bell (Fountain of Apples) and Micheal Cottingham (Techie-Micheal)

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We have done it! Our one-hundredth episode of phpBB Weekly, a significant milestone for any podcast. There may be tens or hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there, but only some of them make it to this milestone, particularly for a podcast that we never thought would make it this far ourselves.

Unfortunately, despite the high demand from our listeners, we were unable to book a guest to join us on this episode. But we had someone almost as good! Our new temporary co-host, Micheal Cottingham, joined us in his new role for this first time on this show, and Douglas and he chatted a bit about security. We discuss a number of the topics from the StarTrekGuide Security Class forum (including an important one for EVERYONE to read about protecting your passwords), and we also go over some common injection vulnerabilities that MOD authors and all PHP developers need to keep an eye out for. And if you think you know all of the injections by heart, why not try the “Find the Injection” games over on the Security Class forum?

We also take a look at a recent blog post about Area51 (the phpBB development site, not the secret military base) and discuss a bit about its past role during Olympus development and its likely role during Ascraeus development.

Our last poll question was “What’s your favorite web browser?” There were 6 votes (55%) for “Firefox!”, 3 votes (27%) for “Safari!”, 1 vote (9%) for “Internet Explorer,” and 1 vote (9%) for “I seem to have an inability to pick a web browser and stick with it.” This week’s poll will be “What’s the best April Fool’s prank to pull on your users?” The poll will open up later this week and run until March 28; plus there will be an “Other” option for you to submit your own suggestions!

The MOD of the Week is User Reminder by lefty74, and the Style of the Week is AutumnsColor by BillStur Styles.