Enhancing security using contributed modules

This section provides information about the various contributed modules that enhance security.

Standard related module categories are Security, User Access, and Spam Prevention:

• Security category
• User access / authentication
• Spam prevention modules

In addition, these handbook pages cover key security issues:

• Secure communications: Secure Pages and related modules provide encrypted communications.
• Session management: Control session usability and behaviour: duration, expiration, number of available sessions are examples of these control features.
• Password management: Enforce the complexity of a password, or control how many times a wrong login could be introduced blocking an account.
• Authentication improvements: Enrich the features of the authentication mechanism with more secure options.
• Spam Control Modules
• IP blacklisting modules
• Privacy management: You store data from your users, make sure this information is secure.
• Legal issues helpers: Various modules provide "terms and conditions" capabilities and other legal helpers.
• Detection and Prevention of Vulnerabilities
• Miscellaneous Security-Related Modules

Access control

For information on access control modules, see Access Control management.