It is one thing to sign up for a service and another to see how it performs when you need it.  Jeremiah: It sounds like you had a good experience about the IP Registry when you really needed it—changing the IP address of a proxy server.  Can you (or anyone else) talk more about that experience?  How long did it take for the change to be effective?  Did you get feedback when content providers did/didn't make the change?

Peter
On Dec 2, 2020, 8:07 PM -0500, Jeremiah Kellogg <[log in to unmask]>, wrote:
> I was skeptical at first, too, but took the leap anyway and signed us up
> here at Eastern Oregon University. It went through our campus IT and legal
> departments first and the were okay with it. As I was setting things up I
> noticed if there’s any question as to whether or not your institution owns
> the IP the registry will ask you to prove it. So far my impression is this
> is safe and I really like the idea of not having to alert fifty different
> vendors about an IP change (like when we had to move our proxy to a new
> server). My impression is more and more publishers are starting to join
> this, so there’s a good chance it just might prove to a great resource.
> Time will tell I guess.
>
> Jeremiah
>
> On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, Will Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > Anyone have experience with theipregistry.org?
> >
> > I took a look at it today and I'm not sold. The concept is good. But I
> > am skeptical of people wanting to insert themselves into my institution's
> > workflow.
> >
> > Will Martin
> >
> > Head of Digital Initiatives, Systems and Services
> > Chester Fritz Library
> > University of North Dakota
> >
>
>
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> Jeremiah Kellogg
> Systems Librarian
> Pierce Library
> Eastern Oregon University
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