[Web4lib] Referrer URL authentication

[Aslin, Verna]

My library service provides access to database vendors' sites by means
of referrer URL checking their end. Now we'd like to use referrer URL
authentication ourselves to give students who have already authenticated
to a related site, access to our library pages. I've been hunting for a
freeware script to use on our site that will allow us to specify whether
users can get straight in if they come from a certain site, or get
prompted with a login page if they don't, but no luck. Does anyone know
of one that is available? I'm not up to original scripting but that will
be the next step if there isn't a freebie we could adapt.

 

Thank you to those who replied to my recent query about links page
management software, my group of librarians has decided to try out
Google Groups beta to pool our recommended web sites.

 

Verna Aslin

Manager Library & Information Services

North Coast Institute

phone. 02 6586 2223 fax. 02 6586 2333

email: verna.aslin at tafensw.edu.au <mailto:verna.aslin at tafensw.edu.au> 

 


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