[Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access

Courtney F court1824 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 09:28:11 PDT 2021


In the past, I have used TOR (The Onion Router) to make it look like my
campus computer is coming from off campus.

Currently, I test using my iPad using the data instead of the campus wifi.

~Courtney F.


On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 11:26 AM Dominic Benson (Staff) <
Dominic.Benson at brunel.ac.uk> wrote:

> Our IP addresses are not static on campus so we cannot use an IncludeIP
> range consistetly. We cannot use VPN either so Opera is out. Aside from
> that, enable Option RequireAuthenticate
> https://help.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Configure_resources/Option_RequireAuthenticate?sl=en
> and then set your auth option via
> https://login.ezproxy.yourdomain.edu/auth.
>
> If I really need to test in full though, I would use 4G on my cell phone.
>
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>
> db
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Athena
> Hoeppner
> *Sent:* 05 October 2021 16:38
> *To:* Lisa Hopkins <l.hopkins at tamuct.edu>; Lindsey Lowry <lrlowry at ua.edu>;
> eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access
>
>
>
> If you use EZproxy and have static IPs for your PCs,  you can set EZproxy
> to treat specific IP addresses as though they are off campus by adding a
> few IncludeIP lines in your config.txt.
>
>
>
> Example directives:
>
> ## Include connections from Athena’s and Ask a Librarian PCs
>
> # Athena
>
> I 132.170.184.188
>
> I 10.173.184.188
>
> # Ask a Librarian
>
> I 132.170.186.117
>
> I 10.171.186.117
>
>
>
> Documentation:
> https://help.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Configure_resources/IncludeIP?sl=en
>
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> Athena
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Lisa
> Hopkins
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 5, 2021 11:12 AM
> *To:* Lindsey Lowry <lrlowry at ua.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access
>
>
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> We use a hotspot—this is convenient, inexpensive, and very effective.
>
>
>
> Lisa Hopkins, MLS
>
> Head of Technical Services, Associate Librarian
>
> Assistant Dean of the University Library
>
> Texas A&M University-Central Texas
>
> 1001 Leadership Place
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> Killeen, TX 76549
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> (254)519-5755
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>
>
> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Lindsey
> Lowry
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 5, 2021 10:04 AM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> We are looking at new solutions for testing/troubleshooting off-campus
> access to e-resources. Our team of 6-ish folks were previously using a mix
> of remote desktop and VPN setups or the Opera Browser VPN,  but we are in
> the market for something more stable. If you have a great setup or product
> to recommend for this task, we would love to hear about it!
>
>
>
> *Lindsey Lowry, MLIS *she/her/hers
>
> Electronic Resources Librarian, University Libraries
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> The University of Alabama
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