Ditto to Andreas.
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<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/
> >
>
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