Restricting your protocol

- We're gonna look at how to determine…which URI schemes we allow visitors to use…when accessing Moodle in this video.…URI schemes are colloquially known as protocols.…One such protocol you're already familiar with is http.…Oftentimes, when you go to a site,…that's the first part of the address you type,…but http is not considered very secure.…If you've ever done banking or purchases online, though,…you may have noticed 'http' having an 's' at the end.…Https is a more secure protocol.…Whether you've noticed it or not,…you've probably seen that before, too.…

If I click over to PayPal, you can see the 's'…at the end of 'https.'…That's because PayPal handles payments and transactions,…so it needs a more secure protocol to transfer information.…You can configure Moodle to utilize https…for uses that require higher security as well.…Let's head back over to our Moodle admin dashboard…to see how this works.…To get to the page I'm looking at,…go to "Site administration," "Security,"…and then "HTTP security."…When you get there, this first setting allows you…