Just a as a question: why can't you use PHP based forum software? Is it because your server doesn't support it? You could always look for a better server that supports it.
Restrictions imposed by my host. I could look for a better one, but I have several sites hosted there, and I don't have time to move them all.
I highly doubt you'll be able to find many Perl/MySQL scripts out there for forum software, as everyone's gone the PHP/MySQL route...
Very true. There are still a few of them left, but none of them are all that good. That's what brings me back to asking about WWWThreads, since it both meets those requirements and is a really good software solution.
I would have serious reservations against WWWThreads, as it hasn't been deved in, forever (especially the perl version), and is definately EOL, I would expect that there be some major security issues as a possibility, and as it isn't developed, they could arise anywhere and you'll have no real method for patching...
You're right, those are definitely problems to consider. However, I wouldn't have brought up the idea of using such old software if it weren't for the fact that I'm a software developer.
The first thing I would do upon installing WWWThreads would be to go through security-related web sites and patch up the known vulnerabilities. That would probably take care of 99% of potential attacks, since most people who deface sites don't know a thing about writing their own exploits and rely on the publicly available ones instead.
And before anyone asks, no, I don't have the time to code my own forum software.
