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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)