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All,
	My apologies if anyone has already seen/responded to this request.   
This email went out to the incommon-participants earlier this week.  I  
didn't know how many folks from this group would have received the  
email so I told Kevin Morooney, Penn State's CIO,  that I would  
forward it to this group.



> > > > > > > > > Dear All,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Is anyone -- except the UK Federation -- currently offering  
> > > > > > > > > federated
> > > > > > > > > access to Lexis Nexis?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We're currently being pressured to assign students and staff/ 
> > > > > > > > > faculty
> > > > > > > > > to different IP-ranges during VPN access, so they can be  
> > > > > > > > > told apart by
> > > > > > > > > the service provider. I really think that communicating  
> > > > > > > > > 'affiliation'
> > > > > > > > > via IP-based access control is taking things too far when we  
> > > > > > > > > want to
> > > > > > > > > get rid of IP-based ACLs in the first place. What's next --  
> > > > > > > > > specific
> > > > > > > > > private network (RFC 1918) IP-addresses to express  
> > > > > > > > > entitlements?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So obviously we'd prefer to avoid all this by federating  
> > > > > > > > > with the
> > > > > > > > > service provider. Any info on attempts or success stories  
> > > > > > > > > referring to
> > > > > > > > > samlification of Lexis Nexis appreciated (or if there's  
> > > > > > > > > another forum
> > > > > > > > > for this).
> > > > > > > > > -peter
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -----End Forwarded Message-----