[WEB4LIB] Re: Remote Access Solution?

[Dan Lester]

The original setup for EZProxy had each user session using a different
four digit port in a range I've already forgotten.  Naturally, users
behind corporate or other firewalls had those ports blocked and
couldn't access the resources they wanted.  In the last six months or
so a new version of EZProxy allows you to handle all traffic on port
80, so the firewall problems go away.  We've had no complaints about
access problems behind firewalls since that time.

As to keeping things up to date regarding our resources, we leave that
up to the fine folks at TDNet.  As part of our TDNet service we
receive a new ezproxy.cfg file each week.  They spin it off from their
records of our holdings, so we only have to replace it each Monday to
give the users the latest access.

cheers

dan

Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 5:29:32 PM, you wrote:

LRK> Ditto on Dan's advice from the wilds of Manhattan.  It's worked out quite 
LRK> well for us.  I guess, the biggest challenge is keeping the config file 
LRK> listing all the subscription databases current.  We also have some problems 
LRK> with students at their places of employment due to firewall issues on their 
LRK> part.  Nothing's ever 100% perfect.





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