We Have Outgrown IP Authentication

Dowling, Thomas

doi:10.1080/1941126x.2019.1709738

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“…Allowing or denying access to online resources based on a user's IP address was simple, it worked, and, in the absence of practical alternatives, it became the universal means of authentication for gaining access to licensed library content. 1 To facilitate seamless access to licensed online resources from off-campus sites, libraries have been using various technologies including proxy server or VPN server or remote desktop gateway or federated identity management or a combination of the said technologies.…”

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“…There are two ways to get a WAYFless URL to a service:(1) The service provider can share the URL or (2) One can make use of a WAYFless URL generator service like WUGEN (https://wugen.ukfederation.org.uk/wugen/login.xhtml).Shibboleth-based single sign-on can effectively address several requirements of the libraries in ensuring secure and seamless on-campus and off-campus access to subscribed online resources. There are other benefits of Shibboleth-based SSO:1.…”

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Off-campus Access to Licensed Online Resources through Shibboleth

Byrappa

Visvanathan

2021

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Institutions of advanced education and research, through their libraries, invest substantially in licensed online resources. Only authorized users of an institution are entitled to access licensed online resources. Seamless on-campus access to licensed resources happens mostly through Internet Protocol (IP) address authentication. Increasingly, licensed online resources are accessed by authorized users from off-campus locations as well. Libraries will, therefore, need to ensure seamless off-campus access to authorized users. Libraries have been using various technologies, including proxy server or virtual private network (VPN) server or single sign-on, to facilitate seamless off-campus access to licensed resources. In this paper, authors share their experience in setting up a Shibboleth-based single sign-on (SSO) access management system at the JRD Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, to enable authorized users of the institute to seamlessly access licensed online resources from off-campus locations.

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