Many good ideas in this thread.
One thing I'd just like to throw out there is that there are some ideas
that may be good to distribute in the form of virtual machines and this
might be one of them.
Proxying is needed by practically all libraries and takes little in terms
of systems resources. But many libraries with limited IT resources would
have trouble implementing alternatives to ezproxy -- especially if they
have to use authentication features not supported by Apache HTTPD. Even for
those who do have enough staff time, it seems kind of nuts to have everyone
spending time solving the same problems.
kyle
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Ryan Eby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There was actually a breakout in 2011? Code4lib discussing Apache and
> using it as a proxy. I believe Terry Reese and Jeremy Frumkin, then from
> Oregon?, were the ones leading it. There was lots of interest but I'm not
> sure if anything took off or if they have documentation somewhere of how
> far they got. I remember it being about getting something a consortia of
> libraries could use together so may have been more complex requirements
> than what is looked for here.
>
>
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Can_we_hack_on_this:_Open_Extensible_Proxy:_going_beyond_EZProxy%3F
>
> --
> Ryan Eby
>
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