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Originally Posted by nexialys

if you see the mean for such security service, why don't you start a new vBulletin-Security-SWAT ?!... starting a forum with just these kind of topics in mind ?!

it is like when people wants a forum for SEO and search engine related topics... nobody block you from doing so, maybe just not ALL HERE... that's all...

also, hacking a hosted account have not a single link between vBulletin and the server... 95% of the hacking related to the sites that were listed here as "hacked" were hacked outside vBulletin engine, by not having enough securities on the server, so people need to understand what they are doing when they host a site like this, instead of thinking everything is fine until they are hit...

when someone come here and say "my site was hacked, he accessed my database and i'm crashed"... i can say that most of the time, if not all the time, that was a serverside situation of a hacker who knew how to obtain the config.php data to hack into the database... no need to crash an entire site, you just have to infiltrate and make fun of it... this is basic site administration, not forum code.

this topic started because one of the partner of the admin trashed from the inside... not a single bit of code related to security.. it's all about confidence to the persons you're supposed to trust before giving them access to the administration...

i don't think Bill Gates would give the key from his house to his business partners...

Well before I started this thread I went to look for the vBSecurity.com domain and I tried a few more combinations, but they aren't available...

I think I got all the security measures in place on my board and despite that I got my dB deleted totally for a hired coder.

Well security is a plus anywhere, so if we keep thinking that vB is mostly a hobby than a Business/Investment then forget about protection.