Anyone using FirstSearch IP authentication?

[Bill Drew]

KAREN SCHNEIDER wrote:
> 
>  OCLC FirstSearch seems to be supporting IP authentication in
> the nick of time, since we shut our Unix server down last week
> and as far as I know their webscript only runs on a unix server.
> Anyone tried it yet?  We rely on FirstSearch for a few crucial
> things, and it would be nice to continue offering public access to
> our newspaper of record this way, for example.
> 
> http://www.oclc.org/oclc/forms/ipaddr.htm
> 
> Karen G. Schneider/schneider.karen at epamail.epa.gov
> Contractor, GCI/Director, US EPA Region 2 Library
> http://www.epa.gov/Region2/library/


I just implemented it yesterday here at Morrisville.  It works great!!
The only limitation is that you can only set one account authorization
per a specific IP range.  We have two such authorizations; one for the
base package and one for a block of 500 pre-paid searches.  We are only
using IP for the base package.
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