Laymens terms on upgrading

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

The best advice for upgrading is: Don't do it

No that is not the best advice. What the OP is running is full of security vulnerabilities, so the best advice is to upgrade.

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

No that is not the best advice. What the OP is running is full of security vulnerabilities, so the best advice is to upgrade.

It can't possibly be full of security vulnerabilities - Are you saying that the vBulletin coding crew is not very good?

[ozzy47]

Trolls gonna troll.

You know very well that all software has security issues at one point or another, so don't put words in my mouth.

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Trolls gonna troll.

You know very well that all software has security issues at one point or another, so don't put words in my mouth.

Maybe all software that coders with limited skill sets created have security flaws but in my 35 years of coding NOT A SINGLE ONE of my systems was ever hacked.

Any coder that creates a system "filled with security vulnerabilities" is one lousy coder

[ozzy47]

Then perhaps you need to make a forum system, so that way it will never require a upgrade.

[akz645]

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HsD0QNgn4

I always find it easier when somebody printscreens a step by step tutorial or makes a video.

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

The best advice for upgrading is: Don't do it

I do not think this is good advice at all.

[cellarius]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

The best advice for upgrading is: Don't do it

Utter nonsense. If you want to bait, don't do it by giving bad advice to novices. The interpretation does not matter. There have been numerous security fixes since 4.1.3, that simply is a fact. Telling someone to not upgrade such an old version bad advice. My guess is you pretty well know that.

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Then perhaps you need to make a forum system, so that way it will never require a upgrade.

Now that's an idea. Can't be any worse than the constant security issues found in vBulletin.

What's really striking is that a good number of these flaws are not identified by the staff or even the customers. They're found and exploited by hackers. Does that mean the hackers are smarter than the developers? Maybe the hackers should design the next release.


I'll leave that for you to ponder.

[akz645]

I wish vbulletin had a plugin on this website (E.G: LAM ban from thread) that allows moderators to ban individuals from a thread.