InCommon Library Services

[Tobias J Kreidl <>]

This article, though somewhat older, discusses selective blocking and is
a worthwhile read:

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1900/1

--Tobias


Adam Chandler wrote:
> I still think the ezproxy use case for Shibboleth is insufficient to
> motivate adoption. And I could hear skepticism from some of the
> webinar listeners. Dave's presentation and argument would be stronger
> if he added a couple other use cases for Shibboleth:
>
> 1. Link to licensed content from the open Web (e.g., start with Google
> search, login to licensed content via campus SSO).
>
> 2. Minimize disruption caused by "excessive download" cutoffs. It
> seems that every week now our remote access to a given licensed
> resource (often ACS) is being blocked by a vendor due to spidering
> activity from China. When this happens, the vendor cuts off access for
> all our remote access patrons because the traffic is coming through
> our single proxy server IP. If the offending party was logged in with
> Shib, they could cut off only that patron until it is resolved.
>
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Dean Woodbeck <> 
> wrote:
>> The InC-Library webinar, presented Jan. 15, 2010, reviews the work of the
>> vendor subgroup, both with EZProxy and Shibboleth and working with (and
>> recruiting) vendors. The webinar is now archived and availble on the
>> InC-Library wiki:
>>
>> https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/UDc
>>
>> David Kennedy's slides are also available on that wiki page.
>>
>> --Dean
>>
>> --
>> Dean Woodbeck
>> Internet2/InCommon Outreach
>> 
>>