Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives

[Ryan Fox <rfox () FINDLAY EDU>]

Miller,James R wrote:
> We are currently looking for an alternative solution for off campus
> users to access Library resources. There are many complaints about the
> difficulty of setting up their VPN clients and the Library would like
> to look at something that may be an easier solution. Since many of the
> library resources require the user to be coming from our University
> subnet, I have looked at a couple of options. One of them being
> EZProxy, from OCLC.org
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> Does anyone have any experience with this product or perhaps have an
> alternative solution in place?

We switched from requiring VPN to EZProxy about 2 years ago.  It's been
great for us.  Usage increased dramatically, and we haven't had any
problems with the EZProxy software.

We've also setup shibboleth for a provider or 2 that supports it.
Shibboleth is probably a more correct technical solution (as it doesn't
require the traffic from an external user to an external site to
traverse your network), but, adaption for library service providers has
been slow, and we've found the bandwidth to be negligible.

Thanks,
Ryan

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