[wplug] osCommerce

[smk at fyi.net]

* throws .02 *

I have not personally used osCommerce but a lot of our clients here do. 
We were just dealing with a guy today that was hacked because of a script
vulnerability.  I did not work directly on the call, so I can't tell you
if it was a known vulnerability and he was ignoring any security updates
of if this left the osCommerce developers running to plug some holes.
But with that said there are the happy customers that run osCommerce that
we never hear a peep from.  But bottom line is that its pretty popular, so
it must work decently.


> Has anyone here ever had any experience with osCommerce? In case you
> don't know what this is, it's a GPL'd online shopping cart, written in
> PHP and utilizing MySQL and Apache. And of course it'll run on Linux.
> Look here:
> http://oscommerce.com/
>
> I've never worked with it before, but I have a client who's planning
> to use it extensively. It seems simple enough to get into, even though
> I haven't used PHP or MySQL before (I know, pity me). Thing is,
> though, customizing osCommerce really isn't my job. My immediate
> concerns involve handling the data passed in and out of the system.
> We've got some web designers working on it, but their focus is more
> design- and interface-driven, producing decent sites, and using
> osCommerce as the back end.
>
> So I'm looking around to see who, in the Pittsburgh area, has worked
> with or customized osCommerce. We're just looking for a little
> technical know-how, some practical advice. There could be some
> part-time job opportunities here, but I can't guarantee anything.
>
> Can anyone give me some pointers?
>
> --
> David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com>
>
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