On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Ian Winship, Univ Northumbria Info Services wrote:
....
> He suggests there are four methods of authentication (who the user is) and
> authorisation (what they can access):
> .....
> IP address filtering - OK for access from fixed locations but not for users
> with multiple accounts, from workplaces or from home. I suppose
> off-campus use is much more common in the US, though increasing here.
>
In Dutch universities IP filtering works fine. most people working at home
access the university server with assigned IP addresses that are as such
within the range of admitted IP addresses.
Publishers accept this method up till now.
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