[Web4lib] FW: Important Notice - Library Proxy Logins on the web

[Hoyte, Daniel]

This technique works well for finding passwords on Asian, Eastern
European and Latin American sites. There is a more brute force approach
that is required for Arabic sites. That is because many Arabic sites use
URL shorteners to hide the proxy URL. 
A search of the list archive will turn up the method that we use at
Chapman.

Daniel Hoyte M.R.S.
Senior Library Systems Technician
Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University
714-532-7745
Skype: daniel.hoyte

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James
(jmc)
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:18 AM
To: web4lib
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] FW: Important Notice - Library Proxy Logins on
the web

As some journal publishers know all too well, there are dozens of such
sites on the Internet. Try searching Google for the address of your
library's proxy server in quotes and then go out to the end of the
results. When we did that last year, we found that most of the listed
logins were old and no longer worked, but we did disable a few current
accounts.

      - Jim Campbell

      Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
      University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112

      513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Peter Murray
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:51 PM
To: web4lib
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] FW: Important Notice - Library Proxy Logins on
the web

It would also be wise to spend a few moments to report the abuse to
Google:

 
http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_legalother&
product=blogger


Peter

On Feb 25, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Lepzelter Berry, Carol G. wrote:
> 
> From: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST
[mailto:CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Louise Peck
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 5:59 AM
> To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
> Subject: [CHMINF-L] Important Notice - Library Proxy Logins on the web
> 
> IMPORTANT NOTICE
> 
> * * * Apologies for cross posting * * *
> 
> We have just noticed this blog site that provides login information
for library proxy servers and we thought as it contains sensitive
information, you may want to report this so it is removed and if you are
listed, you may want to change the login information.
> 
> http://hrkfiles.blogspot.com/2011/02/ezproxy-database-part-2.html
> 
> I have forwarded this to a few libraries that were on this page - and
yes the logins worked.
> 
> Instead of continuing to forward this to individual libraries - I
thought this listserv might be the better way to disseminate this
information:
> 


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