[Web4lib] Script for databases access

[Chris Gray]

You can do the same sort of thing with ASP via
Request.ServerVariables('REMOTE_ADDR').

Also if you are using EZProxy (and most likely other proxies), it can be
done just by configuring it to not require proxying or authentication for
certain IP addresses.

Chris Gray
Systems Analyst
University of Waterloo Library

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up
in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." -Robert
Frost


On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, David Pattern wrote:

> Hi Jonathan
>
> It should be fairly easy to do with Perl CGI (sorry, I don't have a prebuilt solution!) - you'll just need to check the "REMOTE_ADDR" environment variable to determine the IP address - e.g.
>
>      print "Your IP address is " . $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
>
> regards
> Dave Pattern
> University of Huddersfield
>
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: Jonathan Bloy [mailto:JBloy at edgewood.edu]
> 	Sent: Wed 01/06/2005 21:18
> 	To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> 	Cc:
> 	Subject: [Web4lib] Script for databases access
>
>
>
> 	At my library, we're looking at getting away from separate links for on
> 	campus and off campus users accessing our databases.  I've seen some
> 	libraries that use a script to determine if a user is on or off campus
> 	(via I.P. address) and then send the off campus user through the
> 	library's proxy server, so they can be verified as an authorized user.
>
> 	I'm fairly new when it comes to server side scripting and would like to
> 	avoid re-inventing the wheel.  Does anyone have a script they can share
> 	or point me toward?  Unfortunately PHP is not installed on our campus
> 	servers, so I would need something an ASP or a CGI Script.
>
> 	---
> 	Jonathan Bloy
> 	Web Services Librarian
> 	Edgewood College
> 	Madison, Wisconsin
> 	http://library.edgewood.edu
>
> 	608-663-3385
>
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