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["David Kennedy" <>]

Adam, et al

 

In the Aug 24th call, we discussed in detail the ezproxy workflow.  Since that call, I have found some information (through the ezproxy listserv) that contradicts what I said on the call.

 

On the call, I said that ezproxy presents an error message when attempting to proxy domains that are not configured within ezproxy.

 

This is not correct.

 

There is an ezproxy option such that domains that are not configured within ezproxy, can be redirected to.  The option is RedirectUnknown

It works like the following:

cnn.com is not defined in my ezproxy.cfg

Option RedirectUnknown

browse to http://proxyt-um.researchport.umd.edu/login?url="http://www.cnn.com

ezproxy redirects to http://www.cnn.com and does not attempt to proxy the session or force authentication

 

So, this means that ALL traffic can be redirected through ezproxy, not just defined domains.

 

Just thought I'd share this with the group.

 

Dave

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