[LON-CAPA-users] Restricting Resources By IP Address

[Mills, Douglas G]

To clarify a bit further,  we are looking at presenting exams in a testing center. The testing center eliminates access to other IP addresses, so our interest is indeed eliminating access to other course materials  from the IP address of the student’s computer.  We do use the technique Stuart has outlined in many of our exams, locking out access to other parts of the course via the start timer. The concern in this case is that one thing the testing center would not manage well is the possibility that a student could log into the course and open additional course resources in other tabs before starting the exam timer. The testing center accommodates exams from multiple courses at one time and Lon-Capa will be a new means of delivery for them, so this possibility will not likely be monitored well.

That said, if putting ! in front of a range of IPs in a slot works then my thought is to essentially put the whole course into a slot which excludes access to the course from the testing center range of IPs and then override that at the folder level for the exams themselves with a slot that only allows access from the testing center IP range. Does that sound feasible?

Doug

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> On Feb 5, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Bynum, Lee Hamilton <leebynum at illinois.edu> wrote:
> 
> It isn't a perfect match, but it's definitely a step in the right direction.  Thanks Stuart!
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LON-CAPA-users <lon-capa-users-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org> On
>> Behalf Of lira at egr.msu.edu
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 10:55 AM
>> To: 'Discussion list for LON-CAPA users' <lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Restricting Resources By IP Address
>> 
>> Slots block the IP address student where the student can log in, not the IP
>> ranges that they access AFTER they are logged in. Just precede the IP address
>> range with !. However, that does not do what you are seeking, which is to
>> block browser access to certain IP ranges AFTER they are logged in.
>> 
>> From: LON-CAPA-users [mailto:lon-capa-users-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org]
>> On Behalf Of Bynum, Lee Hamilton
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2019 11:31 AM
>> To: lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org
>> Subject: [LON-CAPA-users] Restricting Resources By IP Address
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> We've been working with Lon-Capa's ability to grant access to a resource by
>> IP address in order to allow an exam to only be accessed when a student is in
>> an exam room.  This can be done with slots and resources parameters.
>> However, we would also like to deny access to resources (or courses)  by IP
>> address.  That way when a student is in the exam room they have access to
>> the exam but do not have access to the rest of the course.
>> 
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to blacklist IP addresses for Lon-Capa
>> resources or slots?
>> 
>> Lee
>> 
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