I voted vBulletin, because IMO its the best forum software out there, although it does cost alot of money.
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Originally Posted by da king
Yeah, but the thing with phpbb is that there are so many countless security risks that the chances of you getting hacked are very high. Check out the forum on their site; people are constantly talking about the fulnerabilities and how insecure it is and how they got hacked, etc.
Personally I try to stay away from phpbb forums. In all honesty, I've yet to see a good, quality, secure forum (or software of any kind, for that matter) that is freeware. But if you want to go with it, go ahead. Your choice.
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That is very true, but what if you just want to have a small board with a few members about a certain topic? There isn't a huge chance that anybody would want to hack you anyway, and if your new to the whole forum stuff, then phpbb is a good way to go. Or, if you don't want/have the money to pay for other forum software.
Of course, as you were saying, if you were going to have a bigger forum such as this, or any other webmaster forum (for example), then there is a great risk of you being hacked, so its probably a good idea to pay the money.