Hi, I just started my 14-day free trial and I like what I see. I have a question about security: I used to use a “Simple Machines” forum, linked to my website, but it proved to be a massive security risk, as spammers would use the forum as a back door to access my site and then crash my site. I pl…

A full answer to this question would literally fill a book on security. But I’m going to give you a mostly-complete answer here after clarifying some points about what happened to you: [image] Sam Mustafa: as spammers would use the forum as a back door to access my site and then crash my site …

Discourse is used by a lot of big tech companies [image] Discourse customers We love working with our customers to host, build, and customize amazing communities. It’s a robust system. You can’t host a Discourse site on Squarespace, it will be hosted by Disc…

They also have an active HackerOne bounty program: [image] Discourse - Bug Bounty Program | HackerOne The Discourse Bug Bounty Program enlists the help of the hacker community at HackerOne to make Discourse more secure. HackerOne is the #1 hacker-powered security platform, helping organ…

Our physical server was hacked a few years back (99 % because of an old Confluence site). Almost everything was destroyed except of Discourse. We had like 4 spammers in the last 10 years. But we are not famous. I have seen about 2 spammers in Discourse Meta itself for the last 3 months going through…

Is your site in Squarespace a word press site? There are integration methods in Docs category for embedding sites. Discourse AI can use free AI like Gemini flash and if hosted may have others available. In the AI plugin suite there is AI Spam detection that maybe if interest/use

If the nightmares come from integration when embedding a forum as a commenting system into another site, like WordPress [1] , I can’t give you any technical explanations — but I’m using Discourse that way, and plenty of others do too, without issues. If (and when?) you are using Discourse in a stand…

[image] Dan DeMontmorency: Is your site in Squarespace a word press site? Squarespace is a hosted sitebuilder, not a place that would host a Wordpress site, but it does have provisions for embedding external sources through code blocks and embed blocks. It’s not clear what SamM specifically …

[image] ToddZ: It’s not clear what SamM specifically means by “spammers would use the forum as a back door to access my site and then crash my site.” Spammers don’t want to crash the site. This is a bit off topic, but that was a real issue with WordPress some years back. The first spam attack…

[image] ToddZ: But the question “What sort of firewall exists between the Discourse forum seems like something to ask Squarespace. Indeed a lot of unknowns. Like did the forum software they used have no real Spam detection/containment features? And of course if using a site builder what fea…

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HAWK (Hawk) Février 17, 2025, 2:30 10

Nous prenons la sécurité des données très au sérieux. Vous pouvez consulter nos certifications et nos résultats de tests sur CDCK Inc. Forms | Discourse - Civilized Discussion.

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