Remote access to databases -Reply

[JEANNE CRISP]

A recent web4lib posting carried notice of a white paper prepared by the
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI),  Clifford Lynch, editor.  Titled
"A White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in  
Cross-organizational Use of Networked Information Resources", it is
available at

http://www.cni.org/projects/authentication/

This is a good starting point for those seeking to understand this complex
issue.   The paper is broken into five sections:  Introduction,  Defining The
Cross-Organizational Access Management Problem, Evaluation and
Analysis Criteria, Approaches to Access Management, Conclusions. 
Plus, an Appendix: Notes on the State of the Art in Available Software 

As Sara Brownmiller said, "Patron authentication is a big problem for all
of us right now."  This paper should help.

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Jeanne Crisp, Washington State Library
360-704-5255, FAX 360-586-7575
jcrisp at statelib.wa.gov



>>> Alan Bogage <abogage at carroll.cc.md.us> 06/03/98 08:02am >>>
We have a number of web based periodical databases (IAC, SIRS, etc.)
to
which we need to provide remote access for our students and faculty.  I
understand that somehow we need to create a database of our users
which
can be based on their library barcodes.  Since the vendors are
authenticating via our ip addresses, how can a remote user "grab" one
of
our ip addresses and send that to the vendor?  Where can I learn about
how to do this?

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Alan Bogage
Carroll Community College
1601 Washington Rd.
Westminster, Md. 21157
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