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Product type Book

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611661

Pages 288 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Concepts

Learning Management System

Author (1):

Ian Wild

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Moodle Security Primer

2. Chapter 1: Moodle Security – First Steps

3. Chapter 2: Moodle Threat Modeling

4. Chapter 3: Security Industry Standards

5. Part 2: Moodle Server Security

6. Chapter 4: Building a Secure Linux Server

7. Chapter 5: Endpoint Protection

8. Chapter 6: Denial of Service Protection

9. Chapter 7: Backup and Disaster Recovery

10. Part 3: Moodle Application Security

11. Chapter 8: Meeting Data Protection Requirements

12. Chapter 9: Moodle Security Audit

13. Chapter 10: Understanding Vulnerabilities

14. Part 4: Moodle Infrastructure Monitoring

15. Chapter 11: Infrastructure Monitoring

16. Index

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Exploring Moodle security checks

Among the reports that are provided in a default Moodle installation, the Security checks report provides a variety of system security checks. To access the report, select Site administration | Reports | Security checks:

Figure 9.3 – The Security checks report displays details from the built-in security checks

Details on each security check that is reported on the Security checks page are given in Figure 9.4:

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Authors (1)

Ian Wild

Ian Wild is a technologist and lead developer for AVEVA. Ian's work is currently focused on designing and developing solutions to integrate AVEVA's portfolio of cloud-based simulation applications into the AVEVA Unified Learning training platform. Ian has traveled the world working as an eLearning consultant and trainer, helping educators develop and deliver inspiring and engaging online learning. Ian is the author of the popular textbooks for teachers Moodle Course Conversion and Moodle 1.9 Math. As a developer, he is the author of Moodle 3.x Developer's Guide. He was also a technical reviewer for Science Teaching with Moodle 2.0, Moodle Multimedia, and Practical XMPP. All of the aforementioned books are available from Packt Publishing.

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Check	Details
Displaying of PHP errors	Confirms that PHP errors are not being displayed on the screen, as errors often contain sensitive information.
Insecure dataroot	Checks to ensure that the dataroot directory is not accessible from the web. Ensures your dataroot directory is not in a directory your web server can serve from. ...