Accesible BBB videos with URL

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Saulius P

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Jan 22, 2021, 3:30:27 PM1/22/21
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Hello,

We are using BBB with moodle plugin, where our students can reach online video lessons - they are simply redirected to BBB conference room where recordings are created. When lesson is over, it is published in Moodle and students can reach it simply pushing Connect to recording button - then students are redirected to BBB lesson recording. Unfortunately URL is accesible without any authentication and can be shared among all the internet.
Is it possible somehow create any rule in BBB checking where from users came (i.e. it is allowed to open bbb.example.com/bbbvideourl if user came from moodle.example.com; and it is not allowed to open bbb.example.com/bbbvideourl if user came directly entering url or from other website)?
Opening bbb URL using authentication for us is solution too (there is greenlight installed and working). But Moodle BBB plugin doesn't offer something like that.

Is it possible somehow deal with this situation forbidding non authenticated users open BBB recordings?

Saulius P

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Jan 29, 2021, 3:05:28 AM1/29/21
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The problem was solved using the information listed in the link:  https://github.com/manishkatyan/bbb-optimize#secure-recordings 

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 29, 2021, 7:20:33 AM1/29/21
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So ‘bbb.youdomain.com’ should be bbb server or Moodle server?

Ali

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The problem was solved using the information listed in the link:  https://github.com/manishkatyan/bbb-optimize#secure-recordings 
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Saulius P

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Jan 29, 2021, 8:46:20 AM1/29/21
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It should be your moodle site address.

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 29, 2021, 11:01:58 AM1/29/21
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So even greenlight will not be able to access bbb, right?

Ali

Tobias Fiebig

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Jan 29, 2021, 11:13:18 AM1/29/21
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For greenlight you can use bbb-rec-perm: https://github.com/ichdasich/bbb-rec-perm

 

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Saulius P

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Jan 29, 2021, 12:23:46 PM1/29/21
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Yes, only domain you type in config file will be able to access recordings.

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 29, 2021, 1:26:41 PM1/29/21
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Bedankt

Ali

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 29, 2021, 2:19:22 PM1/29/21
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I just made the modification, however, greenlight that is on bbb.mydomain.com and moodle that is on moodle.mydomain.com can both access it.

Are you referring that anything.mydomain.com can access it ?

Ali

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 29, 2021, 4:58:23 PM1/29/21
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Sorry, my bad, I put the restriction in the wrong place.

After putting it in the right place, only moodle server can access the recordings, not even greenlight.

Ali

Ali Alhaidary

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Jan 30, 2021, 11:17:43 AM1/30/21
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It seems that:

if you copy and past the video URL in the same browser, it opens

if you copy and past the video URL in another browser, it does not open.

Greenlight URL still works from any browser...

Ali

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