Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
Thanks all for the feedback re: this. We're definitely FLOSS zealots, but I will pass all this along. best, Phoebe On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: In my experience, I haven't found anything that is as easy to use (or even close) to EZProxy. Unless you value your time at under $5/hr., or are a FLOSS zealot (I think of myself as a semi-zealot), it is a bargain at $500. A significant part of that bargain is the great community that supports it. This is not to say, or course, that it is not possible to do this with Squid, which was the first effective solution, or other tools. Cary On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
Brian Tingle wrote: apache httpd has a mod_proxy module can let apache act as a proxy server. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html You should be able to use this with htpasswd files you would use to secure a web directory with apache. You can also combine it with Nick Kew's mod_proxy_html http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/ to fix any websites that are sending absolute URLs (which many publishers do). But I've been implementing this for a few sites for a few years and it's still basically an unsustainable game of trying to keep updating the proxy configurations to match changes made by website publishers. Publishers generally don't announce or document changes and even sometimes refuse to discuss them with their paying customers! So, if you can, I'd go for distributed authentication like Shibboleth. Does OCLC automatically update EZProxy configuration to match website publisher updates? I'd be happy to develop and supply free and open source proxy configurations with a wiki of sample configurations based on our past experiences. We'd troubleshoot and contact publishers when needed. Would anyone be interested in subscribing to such a service from the co-op? Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster and developer for hire at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk| co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | op
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
In my experience, I haven't found anything that is as easy to use (or even close) to EZProxy. Unless you value your time at under $5/hr., or are a FLOSS zealot (I think of myself as a semi-zealot), it is a bargain at $500. A significant part of that bargain is the great community that supports it. This is not to say, or course, that it is not possible to do this with Squid, which was the first effective solution, or other tools. Cary On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: In my experience, I haven't found anything that is as easy to use (or even close) to EZProxy. Unless you value your time at under $5/hr., or are a FLOSS zealot (I think of myself as a semi-zealot), it is a bargain at $500. A significant part of that bargain is the great community that supports it. +1 I was trying to figure out how to word this in a way that wasn't discouraging or too EZProxy fanboy-ish, but I honestly could not see an alternative that, in the end, would be nearly as cost effective as EZProxy. EZProxy's (lifetime!) price, tiny footprint and support are going to be hard to beat. Art Rhyno once attributed Shibboleth's lack of uptake on EZProxy: why bother with this ultra-complicated authentication/authorization mechanism when EZProxy just works, on unlimited machines, with unlimited upgrades, for $500? -Ross. This is not to say, or course, that it is not possible to do this with Squid, which was the first effective solution, or other tools. Cary On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
[CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com *
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
apache httpd has a mod_proxy module can let apache act as a proxy server. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html You should be able to use this with htpasswd files you would use to secure a web directory with apache. On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com *
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source proxy packages?
Have a look at Squid. Its not exactly an EZProxy alternative but it may fit the need here. Chuck On 8/14/10 1:05 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hello all, Are there any open source proxies for libraries that have been developed, e.g. an open source alternative to EZProxy or similar? I'm working with a non-profit tech foundation that is interested in granting access to a few licensed resources to a few hundred people who are scattered around the world. thanks, Phoebe
