InCommon Library Services

[Foster Zhang <>]

Andy,

Thank you for sharing the presentation, I found it very educational for me. 

The number 2 case from Adam's email, proved that shibboleth performs better 
than IP based access control for both of contents providers and library 
subscription controls.

Foster Zhang
JHU library systems

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Ingham [] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:28
To: Adam Chandler
Cc: Dean Woodbeck; 
Subject: Re: [inc-librsvcs] Webinar archive available

Adam --

I like #2 and hadn't thought about it, so thanks for giving me something 
else to add to the list when I talk up Shib and EZproxy.

As for #1, it is something that I addressed in my presentation at 
EDUCAUSE a couple weeks ago.  Check out slide 6 in the PDF at:

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/ShibbolethAccesstoLicensedLibr/195781



I think this advantage IS getting disseminated.


Andy

Andy Ingham
Assistant Head, Library Systems
University Library
UNC-Chapel Hill
919-962-1288


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
>> 
>>
>