XAMPP vs WAMP security and other on Windows XP
- by typoknig
Not long ago I found WAMP and thought it was a God send because it had all the things I wanted/needed (Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin) all built into one installer. One thing about WAMP has been making me mad is an error I get in phpMyAdmin about the advanced features not working. I have tried to fix that error long enough on that error for long enough.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2688385/problem-with-phpmyadmin-advanced-features
I now read that most people prefer XAMPP over WAMP, but I am a bit concerned that XAMPP might have some extra security holes with Mercury and Perl, two thing that I don't really need or want right now.
Are my security concerns justified or not?
Is there any other reasons to go with XAMPP over WAMP or vice versa?