Ubuntu Forums - FYI

[Ric Moore]

On 07/23/2013 03:02 AM, Patrick Asselman wrote:
> On 2013-07-23 05:54, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 07/22/2013 01:29 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 22/07/13 01:50, Matthew Sturdy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 21 July 2013 11:25, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au
>>>> <mailto:blchupin at iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     What I am surprised about is that I would have expected an
>>>>     avalanche of posts stating that vBulletin is being run on a server
>>>>     using Linux but so far no one has come up with such an assurance
>>>>     which indicates to me that Windows is involved.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> looks like Ubuntu from here:
>>>>
>>>> $ curl -I �http://ubuntuforums.org/
>>>> HTTP/1.1 302 Found
>>>> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:49:25 GMT
>>>> *Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)*
>>>> Location: http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html
>>>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>> �
>>>>
>>>>
>>>   Interesting in that just before I went to bed I had a browse thru the
>>> vBulletin site and found the entry that (paraphrased as I didn't capture
>>> it, silly me), "At the present time Apache is not supported". However,
>>> just now as I was about to reply I went back to get a snapshot of what I
>>> read last night to quote here and that entry had disappeared!
>>>
>>> However, what you show above does not negate the possibility that
>>> Windows is being used because Apache is also available for Windows. And
>>> the "(Ubuntu)" after the "Apache/2.2.22" is only the title given to the
>>> forum.
>>> I< mentioned that they use proprietary software and when I went to
>>> that vendor's site, it advertised only Windows at the time.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vbulletino
>> ...it started as a Win project, and I don't see where anything
>> loosely related to Linux is mentioned in that article. "On 22 July
>> 2010 the BBC reported that there was a serious flaw in vBulletin
>> software that allows anyone to easily access the database username and
>> password" That was a year ago. I would like to think that any Open
>> Source offering would have a hole like that patched within a day or
>> so. Ric
>> --
>> My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
>> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
>> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
>> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
>> /https://linuxcounter.net/cert/44256.png /
>
> There is a big hint in the summary box (right top corner):
>
>
>
> Developer(s): Internet Brands, vBulletin Solutions
> Initial release: 2000
> Stable release: 5.0.2 (May 9, 2013; 2 months ago) [±]
> Written in: PHP
> Operating system: Cross-platform

Sure, I spotted it. But, years ago when I last used it, some of the more 
fervent Open Source users were raising cain about a premiere official 
Ubuntu website running on Windows, and they cited references. Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
/https://linuxcounter.net/cert/44256.png /