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Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives
From: Mike Porter <mike () UDEL EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:01:58 -0400
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, 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 Does anyone have any experience with this product or perhaps have an alternative solution in place?
We've been using ezproxy. From a systems perspective, it has worked well. Occasionally we run into problems with users behind firewalls that block outbound ports. We explain the situation to their IT staff and usually a hole is made in the firewall. Mike Mike Porter Systems Programmer V IT/NSS University of Delaware
Thanks, Jim Miller Jim Miller CISSP,CCSP Lead Network Engineer The University of Akron (330) 972-7958 millerj () uakron edu
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- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives, (continued)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Adam Garside (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives WILLIAM I ARNOLD (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Ryan Fox (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Michael J. Wheeler (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Joey Rego (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Kenneth Arnold (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Gary Flynn (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Miller,James R (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Tracy Mitrano (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Vik Solem (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Mike Porter (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Kevin Wilcox (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Becker, Gerald D (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Geoff_LeBoldus (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Steven Carmody (Jun 23)
- Re: Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Hatala, Jeffrey (Jun 23)
- Remote Access for Library Resources Alternatives Miller,James R (Jun 29)