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There is also the publisher association's Resource Access for the 21st Century (RA21) effort: https://ra21.org/ Peter On Aug 9, 2017, 4:29 PM -0400, Tim McGeary <[log in to unmask]>, wrote: > This has been and will continue to be a topic for CNI, and there is a brief > report that CNI published in 2016 that may be a good place to start: > > https://www.cni.org/publications/cliffs-pubs/authentication-authorization-survey-2016 > > Tim > > -- > Tim McGeary > AUL for Information Technology Services > Duke University > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Tod Olson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Most of the larger content providers and other service providers do > > support SSO. Smaller content or service providers, not so often. Since > > you're in the U.S., check the list of participants in the InCommon > > Federation, which is the federation for higher education in the U.S.: > > https://www.incommon.org/participants/. > > > > We've had increasing difficulty keeping proxy server configurations > > working as time goes on, web applications become more complex, and browsers > > become more strict in various ways. > > > > We're not ready to get rid of the proxy server yet, there's a combination > > of non-Shibboleth vendors and campus culture to consider, but I look > > forward to that day! > > > > -Tod > > > > > > Tod Olson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] > > Systems Librarian > > Interim Director for Integrated Library Systems > > University of Chicago Library > > > > On Aug 9, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Pennington, Buddy D. <[log in to unmask] > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > Do vendors even directly support SSO? We use SSO to enable users to > > authenticate into EZProxy for IP-based access to our electronic resources. > > I didn't think cutting out EZProxy and just going with SSO was an option. > > > > Buddy Pennington > > Director of Information Technology and Strategy > > University of Missouri--Kansas City > > Miller Nichols Library > > 800 East 51st St. > > Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] > > 816-235-1548 > > UMKC Libraries > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Jimmy Ghaphery > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 2:36 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Wanted: Good overview article comparing new > > authentication/access control options (Shibboleth, OpenAthens, SAML, etc.)? > > > > I'll second Bethany's point on many smaller vendors just now moving to IP > > authentication. If it consoles campus IT tell them they are right....it has > > been at least 10 years since I have been hearing that proxy servers are a > > thing of the past, but that the working normal across most libraries is > > IP/proxy authentication. > > > > Best, > > > > Jimmy > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Jimmy Ghaphery > > Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Publishing > > VCU Libraries > > 804-827-3551 > > ORCID: 0000-0001-8043-7701 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-7701 > > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Goodwin, Bethany <[log in to unmask] > > wrote: > > > > I'd be interested in hearing any feedback as well. Some of my vendors > > are smaller and we're lucky to have IP authentication with ezproxy. > > > > Bethany > > > > Bethany Goodwin > > Electronic Resources Librarian > > Rolfing Memorial Library | Trinity International University > > 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield, IL 60015 [log in to unmask] | > > 847-317-4006 > > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Cynthia Harper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi - Can anyone provide some good documents on current trends in > > alternatives to proxy servers? My campus is looking into Single Sign-On > > for the first time, and the campus technical people believe that > > proxy servers are a thing of the past, but I don't know whether all > > of our vendors will be able to support an alternative method. > > > > Thanks for your help. > > Cindy > > > > > > -- > Tim McGeary > [log in to unmask] > GTalk/Yahoo/Skype/Twitter: timmcgeary > 484-294-7660 (Google Voice)