Joomla 1.7 Improves Open Source CMS

“The open source Joomla Content Management System (CMS) is out
today with a new release that makes the platform more secure and
extensible.

Joomla 1.7 provides users with an improved updating mechanism as
well as an integrated approach for finding and installing
extensions. The new updating system is seen by Joomla as being a
tool that will help to improve platform security…

“A report from HP earlier this year identified Joomla as being
among the most vulnerable open source CMS projects. The root cause
of the vulnerabilities, according to Joomla, stems from old
unpatched versions.”

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