[Web4lib] Use SSL on Patron Account Pages?

[Elena OMalley]

Alison:

I realize this is probably not useful to you since you're at a public
library, and I'm not sure it would be the right kind of certificate, but
I thought I'd throw this in for the academic libraries.

Chris Zagar of EZproxy has noted that ipsCA offers free 2-year SSL
certificates to .edu domains.
http://certs.ipsca.com/Products/SSLServer.asp 

Elena
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Elena O'Malley, Assistant Director for Technology and Access Services
Emerson College Library, Boston, MA 02116


On Monday 04 February 2008 14:06, Pruntel,Alison wrote:
> Please excuse cross-posting, as I'm querying several lists I subscribe
> to.
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> We've had a patron complain because we do not use SSL/encryption when
> they log into their patron account using our Web OPAC (III's
> Millennium). Luckily, III provides a way to enable this fairly
quickly,
> but we're of course going to have to spend money on purchasing a
> certificate from Verisign. My director asked if all other libraries
are
> doing this, and as I poked around other Northern Virginia library
sites
> and checked the "Log in to my account," type of areas of their online
> catalog, I noticed none of them are using SSL/encryption. I was
actually
> kind of surprised, thinking it was just something that slipped by us
> only.
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> I would be much appreciated if you could check and see if your library
> uses SSL for the patron information functions of your Web OPAC and let
> me (or the list) know whether or not you do secure that information
and
> if so/not, why did you (your library) opt for this? I think most
> web-savvy people assume that when they are logging in to a Web site,
> whether their library account or a commerce site like Amazon, they
> assume that the data is encrypted.
>
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> Thanks in advance,
>
> Alison Pruntel
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Fauquier County Public Library
> 11 Winchester Street
> Warrenton, VA 20186
> 540-349-2770 (voice)
> 540-349-3278 (fax)
> http://library.fauquiercounty.gov
> http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com/