Security and privacy

How to keep your Moodle site secure and methods for increasing privacy.

Documentation: Security, Security FAQ and Increasing privacy in Moodle

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New security issues should be reported in the Moodle Tracker with an appropriate security level.

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Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies
Category visibility for authorized only ? Locked	Justin Nguyen 3 Aug 2012	Justin Nguyen 3 Aug 2012	0
Hide e-mail addresses as default Locked	Pete MacKichan 4 Jul 2009	Menda Lerenda 2 Aug 2012	12
Alert User if Locked Caps Locked	Jamie Tinley 12 Aug 2009	Steve Bilton 2 Aug 2012	9
unknown apaches's log entries Locked	tatiana ramiro 27 Jul 2012	tatiana ramiro 30 Jul 2012	3
Edit SSL-secured login page to include site seal. Locked	Alexander Wiklund 26 Jul 2012	Deleted user 27 Jul 2012	3
Disable Password Expiry Locked	Lemmy Naught 19 Jul 2012	Guillermo Madero 20 Jul 2012	1
HTTPS Insecure Content Locked	Mika Yearman 19 Jul 2012	Dan Poltawski 20 Jul 2012	1
User Profiles Lockdown Locked	James Cracknell 17 Jul 2012	James Cracknell 17 Jul 2012	0
Hide contents of course catgegories Locked	Whitney Lowe 7 Jul 2012	Whitney Lowe 7 Jul 2012	0
time-stamping and digital signature Locked	kc yau 3 Jul 2012	kc yau 3 Jul 2012	0
SELinux is preventing httpd from using files /boot Locked	roger griffiths 14 Aug 2011	Ken Task 3 Jul 2012	3
Figuring out the version of Moodle being used Locked	Marko Vidberg 29 Jun 2012	Marko Vidberg 29 Jun 2012	5
Exam Results on Moodle Locked	Alex 09 28 Jun 2012	Alex 09 28 Jun 2012	3
Forbid teachers to changing front page settings Locked	Christian Meermann 9 Dec 2011	Guillermo Madero 23 Jun 2012	5
How to "Digital sign" the logs within the moodle Locked	kc yau 21 Jun 2012	Hubert Chathi 22 Jun 2012	3
bigbluetooth button its showing security reason Locked	Ashi yadav 21 Jun 2012	Ashi yadav 22 Jun 2012	4
Lesson password Locked	Tomislav Gaborovic 14 Jun 2012	Tomislav Gaborovic 14 Jun 2012	0
Restore installation with missing password salt Locked	D'Oyen Williams 13 Jun 2012	Helen Foster 13 Jun 2012	1
Make course unsearchable Locked	steph . 13 Jun 2012	steph . 13 Jun 2012	0
moodledata folder location Locked	Gavin McKay 11 Jun 2012	Doug Moody 12 Jun 2012	11
Login Attacks from various IPs Locked	Alan Hess 16 May 2012	Visvanath Ratnaweera 12 Jun 2012	3
Have I been hacked? Locked	Jeff Richards 29 May 2012	Jeff Richards 29 May 2012	0
Limited access to one login Locked	Brennan Waters 3 Feb 2012	Mauro Guimarães 24 May 2012	1
Login using username Locked	Mart Leib 18 May 2012	Hubert Chathi 18 May 2012	1
I was hacked! Locked	Robert Leonard 11 May 2012	Helen Foster 14 May 2012	3
Moodle 2.x + mod_auth_tkt Locked	Steve Fister 24 Apr 2012	Steve Fister 24 Apr 2012	0
How to secure the Data Root for Moodle files? Locked	nicole hackett 29 Mar 2009	Guillermo Madero 23 Apr 2012	22
Need to circumvent - "Dataroot location is not secure" issue Locked	Rick Morice 15 Dec 2010	Guillermo Madero 23 Apr 2012	5
Moodle Data on Partition with noexec? Locked	Moodle Admin 8 Mar 2012	Iñaki Arenaza 15 Apr 2012	2
URGENT HELP!! ADMIN ACCOUNT HACKED Locked	Deb Smith 3 May 2011	George Henley 14 Apr 2012	18
contraseña Admin Locked	ivan artaza 9 Apr 2012	Guillermo Madero 10 Apr 2012	2
Permission oddity Locked	Colin Fraser 7 Apr 2012	Ken Task 7 Apr 2012	1
How to create an account for third party Tech Support Locked	paul dubois 8 Mar 2012	Colin Fraser 7 Apr 2012	1
Hide specific courses on profile Locked	Gordon McLeod 6 Oct 2011	Gordon McLeod 15 Mar 2012	4
Secure Forms Locked	Christopher O'Kelly 14 Mar 2012	Guillermo Madero 15 Mar 2012	1
Urgent Security Issue with moodle and plesk Locked	Burt Polesitter 8 Mar 2012	Faris Raouf 14 Mar 2012	1
Limited Web Access for Moodle only Locked	Alan Hess 5 Mar 2012	Jon Witts 6 Mar 2012	1
How to prevent user to access the course without unenroll? Locked	Zoran Jancic 23 Feb 2012	Zoran Jancic 2 Mar 2012	3
How keep my moodle instances updates??? Locked	Paula Kamarasy 1 Mar 2012	Paula Kamarasy 2 Mar 2012	5
non-downloadable content Locked	Sarah Knight 1 Mar 2012	Mary Cooch 1 Mar 2012	1
How best to track moodle 1.9 security vulnerabilities Locked	Nate Baxley 23 Feb 2012	Nate Baxley 28 Feb 2012	7
Grades and new roles behaviour Locked	Zoran Jancic 17 Feb 2012	Zoran Jancic 22 Feb 2012	3
Locking Down Course Creation Roles Locked	Patrick Dunn 22 Feb 2012	Helen Foster 22 Feb 2012	4
How do I fix this? Locked	Jay McLellan 17 Feb 2012	Marcus Green 19 Feb 2012	3
Auditing enrolment Locked	Michael Mollard 17 Feb 2012	Adi Tedjasaputra 17 Feb 2012	1
How to authenticate w/ CAS but skip LDAP? Locked	Rob Byrd 9 Feb 2012	Rob Byrd 9 Feb 2012	0
Upload of Files - Clam Locked	Emma Irwin 8 Feb 2012	Andrew Nicols 8 Feb 2012	1
Setting up a user group for a helpdesk account Locked	Stewart Layzell 25 Jan 2012	Stewart Layzell 25 Jan 2012	0
SSL and moodle Locked	hina yousuf 23 Jan 2012	Azmat Ullah 24 Jan 2012	2
Download link alert - antivirus? Locked	Gordon McLeod 21 Jan 2012	Gordon McLeod 23 Jan 2012	2
Give acces to all courses to the head of the school Locked	Sub Subran 21 Jan 2012	Sub Subran 21 Jan 2012	2
LDAP Authentication Error Locked	Constance Kan 13 Jan 2012	Constance Kan 18 Jan 2012	10
Scroll Bars Missing in Browser Security Window Locked	Gentle Mark 17 Jan 2012	Gentle Mark 17 Jan 2012	2
PHP functions disabled Locked	Ricardo Caiado 12 Jan 2012	Ricardo Caiado 13 Jan 2012	5
Using flash files related Locked	suneeta panda 11 Jan 2012	Matt Bury 13 Jan 2012	5
Limiting the behavior of the "tags" page Locked	L Cramer 12 Jan 2012	L Cramer 12 Jan 2012	2
Missing Files unexpected T_CASE Locked	James O'Connor 11 Jan 2012	James O'Connor 11 Jan 2012	0
Forgotten Admin Password Locked	Alex Li 22 Dec 2011	Alex Li 10 Jan 2012	1
hidden spam links Locked	carlos c 10 Jan 2012	Mary Cooch 10 Jan 2012	2
https login Page Blank Locked	John Romain 5 Jan 2012	John Romain 6 Jan 2012	4
[SOLVED] Strange problem with upload file size Locked	Gregory Soprano 4 Jan 2012	Deleted user 4 Jan 2012	4
Is there something available to allow only certain IP's to login? Locked	Matt Hobbs 22 Dec 2011	Adi Tedjasaputra 22 Dec 2011	3
limit the number of times login Locked	mochamad rudyawan 24 Nov 2011	Visvanath Ratnaweera 11 Dec 2011	1
Notification Messages Locked	Trevor Clay 5 Oct 2011	Jack Watson 3 Dec 2011	5
I can not find a message in the mailbox activation Locked	gomanh memo 25 Nov 2011	gomanh memo 25 Nov 2011	0
I want to change password to Numbers only Locked	gomanh memo 25 Nov 2011	gomanh memo 25 Nov 2011	2
How do I know SSL is working? Locked	Scott Johnson 11 Nov 2011	Visvanath Ratnaweera 22 Nov 2011	1
Basic system permission question Locked	Deleted user 18 Nov 2011	Deleted user 18 Nov 2011	4
What type of user has rights to manage enrollment with csv Locked	Sue Holtz 24 May 2011	Dennis Skelton 11 Nov 2011	4
Help! Admin Permissions gone Locked	Bob Neuner 5 Nov 2011	Bob Neuner 8 Nov 2011	4
Use secure logins problem Locked	Azmat Ullah 4 Nov 2011	Azmat Ullah 4 Nov 2011	1
course not visible using custom role Locked	Rick Koontz 4 Nov 2011	Rick Koontz 4 Nov 2011	0
Need ideas. Unique issue Locked	Doug Moody 19 Aug 2011	Jonathan Newman 2 Nov 2011	4
is it possible to have "create new account" button with no athentication method? Locked	Regdomain A 29 Oct 2011	Regdomain A 29 Oct 2011	0
MSA-11-0038 and MSA-11-0037 have the same change link Locked	juan Diaz 27 Oct 2011	Michael de Raadt 27 Oct 2011	2
User role course subscriptions problem Locked	Rick Morice 27 Oct 2011	Rick Morice 27 Oct 2011	1
digital signatures in moodle Locked	hina yousuf 22 Oct 2011	Chad Outten 24 Oct 2011	1
1.9.14 commit for MDL-28615? Locked	Colin Campbell 19 Oct 2011	Tim Hunt 20 Oct 2011	3
How can i Limit The Log-In Locked	Richmon Atienza 9 Oct 2011	Tim Hunt 10 Oct 2011	1
Full read permissions only throughout the site Locked	imbu danilot 9 Oct 2011	imbu danilot 9 Oct 2011	0
Selecting Component Model Security for Moodle Locked	Fin Lee 6 Oct 2011	Fin Lee 6 Oct 2011	0
How do I NOT force a password change Locked	Heather Whitney 8 May 2009	Mark Hulbrock 5 Oct 2011	16
Custom Css Locked	Deleted user 4 Oct 2011	Deleted user 4 Oct 2011	0
Password protection Locked	jd hamrick 1 Oct 2011	Adi Tedjasaputra 3 Oct 2011	4
STAY LOGGED IN Locked	Matt Drury 28 Sep 2011	Ken Task 28 Sep 2011	6
admin password no longer works Locked	Sarah Swierk 28 Sep 2011	Mauno Korpelainen 28 Sep 2011	1
Parents shouldn't know things Locked	Doug Moody 26 Sep 2011	Mary Cooch 27 Sep 2011	3
Is there an example on configure Moodle to connect Zimbra LDAP? Locked	Bo Xie 24 Sep 2011	Iñaki Arenaza 26 Sep 2011	2
Anti-Virus Exceptions Locked	Phil B 17 Sep 2011	Phil B 23 Sep 2011	4
Anti-Virus in Moodle Locked	Sally Lacbay 22 Sep 2011	Sally Lacbay 23 Sep 2011	2
Hardening the password policy Locked	Carlos Eduardo Angarita Marquez 16 Sep 2011	Carlos Eduardo Angarita Marquez 16 Sep 2011	5
Disable Email Requirement PHP (Where to start) Locked	Alex Illsley 7 Sep 2011	Juan Rubio 12 Sep 2011	1
Moodle Security Mailing Lists Locked	C Bartlett 9 Sep 2011	C Bartlett 11 Sep 2011	2
LDAP Question Locked	Devin Roush 19 Aug 2011	Michael Woods 9 Sep 2011	3
Self enrolment Locked	Visi Alaminos 9 Sep 2011	Visi Alaminos 9 Sep 2011	3
Enable Moodle's mail-bounce policy to avoid spam-like behavior Locked	i idearius 6 Sep 2011	i idearius 6 Sep 2011	0
I want to run moodle for 150 people... (off my own server) Locked	hadyn ranson 3 Sep 2011	Visvanath Ratnaweera 6 Sep 2011	2
Permission Denied / Theme Upload Locked	Robert Lightburn 3 Sep 2011	Alex Walker 5 Sep 2011	1
IP Blocked Out of Moodle Locked	Steve Cook 31 Aug 2011	Deleted user 31 Aug 2011	1
Intermittent: This course does not allow public access Locked	Jonny Barnstorf 30 Aug 2011	Jonny Barnstorf 30 Aug 2011	0

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