What about using some of the open source WSO2 products to mimic the same functionality as EZProxy? This sounds like a task that Enterprise Service Bus combined (ESB) with Identity Server (IS) could do. Most of their products are some version of an Apache project or other wrapped up in a common user interface. http://wso2.com/products/ They're free, so the price is right. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Riley Childs Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ? What about CAS, it has some proxy component...I think. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:11 PM, "tmccanna" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Ditto to Andreas. > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Andreas > Orphanides <[log in to unmask]> </div><div>Date:01/28/2014 9:29 PM > (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: [log in to unmask] > </div><div>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ? </div><div> </div>That's simple for the techs, but VPNs can be a royal pain in the keester if you're an end-user, for a variety of reasons. It should be incumbent on us as information specialists to unburden the user to the extent possible. > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Aaron Addison <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Some use Squid, its not hard to set up. But most vendors publish >> rules with ezproxy in mind. >> >> The other fairly simple solution is to run a VPN for access, and >> require people to use that. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, stuart yeates <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> We've just received notification of forth-coming changes to EZProxy, >> which >>> will require us to pay an arm and a leg for future versions to >>> install locally and/or host with OCLC AU with a ~ 10,000km round trip. >>> >>> What are the alternatives? >>> >>> cheers >>> stuart >>> -- >>> Stuart Yeates >>> Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/ >>