[WEB4LIB] Re: Restricting launches to IP-restricted licensed web

[Jennifer Heise]

> There is no point, as some others have pointed out, in making a
> further restriction on your website. If a vendor allows IP range
> access to a database, it will be in the contract and you will have
> supplied the allowed ranges to the vendor. This method of access
> keeps ids/passwords secure and allows you to have restricted
> access proxies for legitimate off-campus users.

Doesn't that depend on the license restrictions? Many of them apparently
limit to legitimate faculty, staff and students of the university.
Lexis-Nexis definitely does.
 
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