Remote access to databases

[Michael Chen]

One way to accomplish this is to use a proxy server.  Both Microsoft
and Netscape have proxy server products.  Please check it out to find
out which one works better in your computing environment.

Michael Chen
Neumann Library
University of Houston - Clear Lake

On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Alan Bogage wrote:

> 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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