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

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services]

It always comes down to license restrictions. But, if the vendor 
doesn't have added restrictions, I see no reason to add your own. If 
the vendor restricts access to students, faculty and staff, then you 
need to add extra layers to your access. If the vendor allows 
access by anyone in the IP range, then you don't need to do 
anything else. 

Dan Robinson
drobinson at hwwilson.com

On 4 Jan 00, at 15:16, Jennifer Heise wrote:

> > 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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