Hiding IP Addresses in Reports Logs

Hiding IP Addresses in Reports Logs

by Karen Crumbley -
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I am using Moodle 2.0.4 and was wondering if there is a way to hide the IP Address from displaying in the reports logs for activity. It would be a best practice not to provide that type of information for security reasons if possible although I understand where it could be useful  for validation purposes.  I would prefer to hide the IP Address information from displaying all together.  Thanks in advance for any feedback here.

NOTE: I originally posted this info in the Security and Privacy area but had no response, so I thought I would try my luck here.

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Re: Hiding IP Addresses in Reports Logs

by Howard Miller -
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I'm reasonably sure that you would need to hack the code of the report to prevent the IP display.

This is a new one on me... as a matter of interest, why do you consider the IP to be a security risk?
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Re: Hiding IP Addresses in Reports Logs

by Karen Crumbley -

It is debatable as to whether it is considered sensitive information for purposes of network compromises, but I am in a managed security services environment and may be hyper aware of how information is used for mal intent.  I am surprised that it has not come up before in any other support blogs that I can find.  Which probably means that the code would need to be tweaked as you have indicated?

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Re: Hiding IP Addresses in Reports Logs

by Howard Miller -
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Well... you can get paranoid about anything if you look for long enough I suppose wink

I haven't heard of this one but you get people asking how student's names can be removed so that they cannot be "mis-used" so nothing surprises me any more.

Yes - you would need to find the code in the report and suppress it.
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