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because of some problematic databases for which EZProxy was not the best solution. We are still running an older version of EZProxy which has been especially difficult when many of our vendor sites are going to https.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">With the increase in remote users I think more libraries are moving towards this type of authentication. There are advantages to it including increased security
and usability. With a small staff it is not easy to be proactive and make sure all of the database stanzas are up-to-date. I don’t believe it costs any more. If you are talking about staff time – it would actually be less maintenance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] Switching from EZ proxy to Shibboleth/Open Athens/SAML Where do I begin?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not sure what switching from EZproxy to Shibboleth really means, Jean…because as I understand it, many institutions run EZproxy and Shibboleth together just fine. We aren’t there yet but will be once Shibboleth is implemented by our
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m quite happy with EZproxy overall, but of course, your mileage may vary. We have complete control over our local instances of EZproxy (we do not use the hosted setup), and have put in some minor effort to better anticipate, track, and
be notified whenever users encounter an EZproxy error. In these cases, we have set up automated methods to notify us by an email that creates a ticket in our helpdesk ticketing system. We have good local expertise in configuring and managing EZproxy and can
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve considered OpenAthens but I just don’t see the added value at this stage, plus I see less local control and higher cost for the service. I may be missing something but that’s where we stand at this point.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Donna, We recently switched from EZProxy to Shibboleth for over 200 databases from our major vendors – Ebsco, Gale, and ProQuest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I started out working with our IT department – but once you learn what parameters are needed it’s pretty straightforward. Some vendors let you do it yourself
through the vendor’s administrator module. For some, you can email support and fill out a form. Basically, you need to know your institution’s IDP entity ID, federation, and scope.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also, the URLs for your resources need to be changed to remove your proxy prefix and/or sometimes append shibboleth and an account ID. I learned the hard way
on this and had to re-do over a hundred URLs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In the long run it has greatly improved our off-campus access to resources. And no more Oops! errors. So when we go to buy a new product, one of the first things
I ask is if they can be Shibboleth-authenticated – since many resources don’t play nice with EZProxy – and the stanzas change all the time.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eril-l
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org"><span style="color:purple">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Eril-l] Switching from EZ proxy to Shibboleth/Open Athens/SAML Where do I begin?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I am in the process of researching authentication methods for our students and faculty who use our databases and ejournals on and off campus. We currently have a library consortium managed
EZ Proxy but our director would like to switch to something in-house that we could manage. We fear that the EZ proxy is often serving as a barrier to the information resources we strive to make accessible to our community. Has anyone made the transition from
EZ Proxy to Shibboleth/Open Athens/SAML? I would love to hear more about the process and the details- what are the new products we need to buy? Do you have preferred vendors for these new products? Did you have to work with your IT department or is it something
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