Chapter 11. Moodle Security and Privacy
Moodle, like any other web application, has the potential to be misused. Moodle has dedicated an entire section to security settings which administrators can use to fine-tune its safety. After an overview of Moodle's security, you will learn about the following topics:
Security notifications: You will learn how to set up a number of notification mechanisms that warn you about potential security issues and look at the built-in security report.
User security: We will look at access to Moodle (self-registration, guest access, protection of user details, and course contacts), Moodle passwords, security in roles, and spam prevention.
Data and content security: We will deal with potential issues in content created within Moodle and the visibility of this content. You will learn how to set up a site policy and configure the antivirus scanner.
System security: We will discuss configuration settings (location of the data root directory and the cron process...
