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Re: Authorized Users Question
My comment related to coming in over 3rd party internet providers -- not dialing direct to our campus computer. At Columbia we operate similarly to the situation you indicated. But this means students and faculty in the tri-state area, but outside of Manhattan, are excluded from accessing web services. tony Anthony W. Ferguson Associate University Librarian Columbia University Libraries Tel. 212-854-7401 (NEW NUMBER!!!!!!) Fax. 212-222-0331 Net: ferguson@Columbia.edu > From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries > > Tony Ferguson wrote, > > >Until we develop a ubiquitous way of screening our own users coming in > >via AOL- like vendors who want access to commercial web resources..... > > Rutgers requires all users to authenticate themselves at one of its many > authenticating servers before it allows access to university resources such > as student information, library databases, email and routine work servers, > and the like. We have been able to set up an exception so that anyone can > access our catalog. But at this point we are able to say to a vendor that > only authenticated Rutgers users have access to the information we acquire > >From them. Rutgers users at remote locations or at home still have to telnet > through via an authenticating server before they get general access. I'm > told that this process is under stress for technical reasons, but I wanted to > report that apparently something like it can be done. --pg > > ******* New area code required in November, is usable now (was 908) ****** > Peter Graham psgraham@rci.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Libraries > 169 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (732)445-5908; fax(732)445-5888 > <URL:http://aultnis.rutgers.edu/pghome.html>
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