[WEB4LIB] Re: Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0

[Catherine Delia]

>>> Jon Knight <jon at net.lut.ac.uk> 04/12 4:52 PM >>>
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Dan Lester wrote:
> At 07:42 AM 4/12/99 -0700, Shane Nackerud wrote:
> >        Can anyone recommend a good book on Microsoft's Proxy Server 
> > 2.0?  We are considering using a proxy server for off campus database
> > access.  Any helpwould be greatly appreciated.
> [...]
> Also, consider NOT using a proxy server for that purpose.  You'll spend 
> forever supporting people using it, helping them enter it in the browser, 
> teaching them to NOT proxy when they're doing general web surfing, etc.

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If you're putting in a proxy just for off campus database access you might
find that you're wasting your time (depending on what remote databases
you're talking to). YMMV, etc, etc. 


What is the best alternative to a proxy server for off campus/remote access to databases? We have people clamoring for it right now. All our databases are IP authenticated to the campus network addresses.

Thanks,
Catherine

Catherine Delia
Electronic Resources Coordinator
Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
George Washington University Medical Center
2300 Eye St. NW, Washington, DC 20037
202/994-1647 (voice) ** 202/223-3691 (fax)
mlbced at gwumc.edu or deliac at gwu.edu