[Owen]

Re exploits .. well it depends on how you look at it.

You'll find loads of PHP board exploits out there and hardly any ASP ones .. the reason is that there's hardly any ASP boards out there.

This is similar to saying Macs are more secure that PC, because there are more exploits for PCs then for Macs .. there's also substantially more PCs out there, i.e. it's more attractive for someone to write a crack for a larger user base.

Most of the exploits you'll find are holes that have been patched up in more recent versions. The morale of the story is, always use the latest version of any board software you decide to use. This advice applies to any other software you may have, blogs, stats etc