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
How limit usernames characters Locked	Miguel Urtado 11 Jun 2013	Miguel Urtado 11 Jun 2013	0
Restrict access to "data/admin/users" Locked	helen y 8 Jun 2013	Ken Task 8 Jun 2013	1
I am running sync_users with LDAP integration and it is missing a user Locked	Eric Ward 3 Jun 2013	Eric Ward 3 Jun 2013	2
Can't get this permission to work Locked	Doug Moody 30 May 2013	Mary Cooch 31 May 2013	10
website hack Locked	dina patil 28 May 2013	Mary Cooch 28 May 2013	1
password change Locked	Maria Murjani 24 Jan 2013	Marco Rossi 25 May 2013	1
Ban certain e-mail addresses from account creation? Locked	Deleted user 24 Apr 2013	Greg Padberg 24 May 2013	6
Moodle 1.9 auto unenrolment? Locked	SS Khew 22 May 2013	Helen Foster 22 May 2013	1
Permissions only for one section in a course Locked	Nick Ntalias 12 Apr 2013	Odette Hélie 17 May 2013	1
Account lockout Locked	J Arn 14 May 2013	Helen Foster 15 May 2013	1
Number of login attempts to be allowed Locked	Annette Powell 16 Dec 2011	J Arn 14 May 2013	4
Changing password criteria Locked	David Hilton 17 Jan 2013	J Arn 14 May 2013	2
Prevent view other users online Locked	David Robert 9 May 2013	David Robert 13 May 2013	1
How to revert https setting back to http Locked	richa rathore 7 May 2013	Ken Task 8 May 2013	2
Allow to course through login and IP authentication Locked	arockia dhas 30 Apr 2013	Deleted user 5 May 2013	1
Trying to see if I have been hacked! Locked	Lance Hinds 27 Apr 2013	Lance Hinds 1 May 2013	5
After Spam Account Protection, Current Students Cannot Log-in Locked	Sam Geppi 29 Apr 2013	Helen Foster 30 Apr 2013	7
Installing wildcard HTTPS to apache win server Locked	Malcolm Rivett 17 Apr 2013	Dave Perry 17 Apr 2013	1
front page can be edited Locked	Greg Rodenhiser 12 Apr 2013	Greg Rodenhiser 12 Apr 2013	2
Disabling Right Click Locked	Steve Howe 2 Apr 2013	Rick Jerz 6 Apr 2013	12
Certificação SSL no Moodle Locked	Alex Menezes 22 Mar 2013	Iñaki Arenaza 2 Apr 2013	3
Moodle security overview Locked	Sami Hwang 14 Mar 2013	Helen Foster 26 Mar 2013	3
How can hide options of each menu Locked	Jorge Silva 25 Mar 2013	Jorge Silva 25 Mar 2013	0
IP Blocker question Locked	Doug McGlathery 23 Mar 2013	Klaas Hobo 23 Mar 2013	2
Automatic log out. Locked	curt bixel 14 Mar 2013	curt bixel 14 Mar 2013	0
Anonymous Evaluations Compromised Locked	Tom Brown 12 Mar 2013	Tom Brown 13 Mar 2013	3
redirect to new installation Locked	Deleted user 3 Mar 2013	Visvanath Ratnaweera 13 Mar 2013	2
Teachers account compromised and course files deleted Locked	Stephen Bloomer 8 Mar 2013	Steve Kleine 8 Mar 2013	5
clean frontpage Locked	remco koffijberg 27 Feb 2013	Richard Oelmann 6 Mar 2013	8
robo accounts HELP Locked	Gerry Jenkins 5 Mar 2013	Gerry Jenkins 6 Mar 2013	2
LDAP SSO on Windows Locked	rupamoy bhattacharya 1 Mar 2013	Iñaki Arenaza 2 Mar 2013	1
restrcition d'acces au site moodle par IP Locked	Faouzi Maddouri 19 Feb 2013	Faouzi Maddouri 1 Mar 2013	2
Is there a "waiting period" after so many failed login attempts? Locked	Melissa Benson 1 Mar 2013	Melissa Benson 1 Mar 2013	0
Insecure Dataroot Locked	Edward Shaw 28 Feb 2013	Ken Task 28 Feb 2013	1
How to assign roles to guests? Locked	Dieter D. 25 Feb 2013	Mary Cooch 25 Feb 2013	1
Site Comprismised Courses table deleted? Locked	conrad jones 21 Feb 2013	conrad jones 21 Feb 2013	1
Setting Enrolment Key in 2.4 Locked	Simukai Rukuni 18 Feb 2013	Derek Chirnside 19 Feb 2013	1
Setting up Moodle using Windows Server 2008R2 Locked	Viki Markwell 15 Feb 2013	Viki Markwell 18 Feb 2013	2
How to allow guests to view the MRBS calendar? Locked	Dieter D. 14 Feb 2013	Dieter D. 14 Feb 2013	0
sshd Not Running \| Moodle v2.4 Locked	Francois Evans 9 Feb 2013	Visvanath Ratnaweera 12 Feb 2013	1
Moodle Site Malware infected - please help! Locked	Emma Richardson 13 Nov 2012	Mary Cooch 10 Feb 2013	9
Edit profile page not loading when using https login Locked	Paul Garratt 7 Feb 2013	Paul Garratt 7 Feb 2013	0
SQL Injectable Sites listed! Locked	Deleted user 2 Feb 2013	Deleted user 4 Feb 2013	4
Moodle with a Hosting Provider or Moodle with a University Server Locked	Daniel Lombardo 18 Jan 2013	Daniel Lombardo 31 Jan 2013	4
Security Process Locked	rupamoy bhattacharya 23 Jan 2013	Dan Poltawski 30 Jan 2013	1
moodledata in cgi-bin unsave? Locked	Janno Bend 23 Jan 2013	Ray Morris 29 Jan 2013	1
Disable password Unmask option Locked	Dimitris Chatzipanagiotidis 17 Jan 2013	Dimitris Chatzipanagiotidis 21 Jan 2013	4
My site was hacked. Students get re-directed when accessing blog tag Locked	Cristina Berisso 18 Jan 2013	Justas Pranskaitis 18 Jan 2013	2
LDAP Password Changer Locked	Graham Stone 14 Jan 2013	Steve Kleine 14 Jan 2013	1
Expire Login Locked	Patrick Hallermann 14 Jan 2013	Patrick Hallermann 14 Jan 2013	0
How to block printing of my html pages Locked	jason steer 9 Jan 2013	jason steer 9 Jan 2013	0
does administrators see who "anonymous" are? Locked	val val 3 Jan 2013	val val 3 Jan 2013	0
guest access without password Locked	thomas tomporowski 3 Jan 2013	thomas tomporowski 3 Jan 2013	0
What is the impact of technology on privacy and security? Locked	xy8797 xy8797 27 Dec 2012	xy8797 xy8797 27 Dec 2012	0
Site policy agreement - force scroll Locked	Justina Torres 11 Dec 2012	Justina Torres 21 Dec 2012	3
Another guest access question Locked	Wendy Tocci 20 Dec 2012	Wendy Tocci 20 Dec 2012	0
How to grant access to guest Locked	Abraham Zeyohannis 27 Jun 2012	Mary Cooch 16 Dec 2012	2
someone added adds to my moodle Locked	Dan Trouten 7 Jun 2012	zeinab khadem 8 Dec 2012	9
Blocked yet no blocking found Locked	Paul S 6 Dec 2012	Paul S 6 Dec 2012	0
public and registered user course permissions Locked	Justas Pranskaitis 4 Dec 2012	Justas Pranskaitis 4 Dec 2012	0
http to https Locked	d.w jones 20 Nov 2012	d.w jones 4 Dec 2012	2
Role permittung access only to specified courses Locked	Klaus Westermann 4 Dec 2012	Klaus Westermann 4 Dec 2012	0
Force users to change password in first login (LDAP settings) Locked	Siamak Alavi 28 Nov 2012	Siamak Alavi 28 Nov 2012	0
Moodle hacked, file permissions in IIS Locked	Dave Keller 22 Nov 2012	Dave Keller 23 Nov 2012	5
Create New User in DB Locked	Bar Geffen 21 Nov 2012	Bar Geffen 21 Nov 2012	0
Company demanding domain access - connect as Locked	Keith W 28 Oct 2012	Russell Waldron 21 Nov 2012	1
IP Blocker Locked	mike schulz 4 May 2011	Ken Task 15 Nov 2012	6
What about preventing multiple log-ins by the same login and password in Moodle? Locked	John Stremp 1 Nov 2011	Krizny Kishnek 10 Nov 2012	15
locked out! Locked	steven corner 18 Jul 2012	Rachel Fransen 9 Nov 2012	2
anonymous grading Locked	Asaf Ohaion 8 Nov 2012	Mary Cooch 8 Nov 2012	1
clamAV blocks all Uploads in Moodle 2.3.1 Locked	Deleted user 25 Jul 2012	Monica Florea 8 Nov 2012	4
BSI VULNERABILITY Locked	aziz elhajir 5 Nov 2012	aziz elhajir 5 Nov 2012	0
Guest access not working under moodle 2.2 Locked	K A 29 Sep 2012	Geoff Waring 1 Nov 2012	3
Making passwords simpler Locked	Simon Carr 26 Oct 2012	Mary Cooch 26 Oct 2012	1
LDAP Problems Locked	Ivaylo Radev 19 Oct 2012	Ivaylo Radev 19 Oct 2012	0
Added security maybe along the lines of side certificates Locked	Edward Murray 18 Oct 2012	Edward Murray 18 Oct 2012	0
Improve password hashing in Moodle Locked	Darko Miletić 16 Oct 2012	Dan Poltawski 16 Oct 2012	1
How can i hide teachers name on homepage Locked	H Saris 14 Oct 2012	Mary Cooch 15 Oct 2012	5
BackTracking in moodle site? Locked	panagiotis karageorgos 12 Oct 2012	Visvanath Ratnaweera 13 Oct 2012	5
Login authentication Locked	Frank Vanden Bosch 11 Oct 2012	Frank Vanden Bosch 11 Oct 2012	0
Moodle 1.9.19+ spam accounts added inspite of CAPTCHA Locked	Deleted user 11 Oct 2012	Deleted user 11 Oct 2012	0
Get username from core_user_get_users_by_id Locked	Shi Qiao Yu 8 Sep 2012	Roger Studner 10 Oct 2012	2
Is notification page supposed to be free of require_login()? Locked	Daniele Cordella 6 Oct 2012	Tim Hunt 7 Oct 2012	1
Use the no login feature for the admin user Locked	Steve Massicotte 5 Oct 2012	Steve Massicotte 6 Oct 2012	2
Integration with Atlassian Crowd Locked	Nicholas Rayner 5 Oct 2012	Nicholas Rayner 5 Oct 2012	0
Parent Role - View Child's Courses (moodle 2,2) Locked	M Bee 5 Oct 2012	Mary Cooch 5 Oct 2012	1
Changing Password Settings Locked	William Hazell 7 Aug 2012	Derek Chirnside 4 Oct 2012	4
Students can see hidden resources Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 2 Oct 2012	E. L. Cooper 4 Oct 2012	3
How can I disable Notifications page when login as admin? Locked	susan cheng 3 Oct 2012	susan cheng 3 Oct 2012	0
Hide other students from Recent Activity Report Locked	Jonathan Rabson 22 Sep 2012	Jonathan Rabson 27 Sep 2012	3
File security/permissions issue in Safari Locked	M N 27 Sep 2012	Mary Cooch 27 Sep 2012	5
Encryption of Files Inquiry Locked	Cariosha Dav 25 Sep 2012	Hubert Chathi 25 Sep 2012	1
To HTTPS or to not HTTPS? That is the question Locked	Dave Perry 26 Jan 2012	Rod Spears 14 Sep 2012	8
Professor and student self-enrollment help. Locked	pinguim pinguim 13 Sep 2012	Mary Cooch 13 Sep 2012	2
Moodle 2.2.3 doesn't accept https!!! HELP Locked	marianka wagner 10 Sep 2012	Seth Whitworth 11 Sep 2012	1
how to set https just for the login page Locked	Carlos Kiyan Tsunami 8 Sep 2012	Carlos Kiyan Tsunami 8 Sep 2012	0
How to hide student enrolments for courses. Locked	Michael Haskell 28 Aug 2012	Michael Haskell 28 Aug 2012	1
HTTPS SSL Proxy Dropdown Menu Issues Locked	Seth Whitworth 24 Aug 2012	Seth Whitworth 25 Aug 2012	2
Security of users - removing First and Last name registration requirements Locked	Sue M. 18 Jul 2010	Marcus Green 21 Aug 2012	7
Site policy - workflow, depending on if self-reg or not Locked	Deleted user 27 Feb 2012	Deleted user 13 Aug 2012	1

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