Hi Angus,
We've had a laptop and dongle connection for a few years, but the laptop is now getting a bit elderly. I've looked into TOR, and I think my experience was similar to yours.
I've found that Eduroam will generally give me an IP address that is outside our main range that we give to publishers, so it can be used to test both proxied and Shibboleth resources.
Best wishes,
Trevor
Trevor Hough
Service and Support Coordinator
Resource Acquisition Team
Leeds University Library
0113 343 6313
http://library.leeds.ac.uk
Twitter: @UoLLibrary
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] Replicating remote access on campus.
Hello list,
Increasingly we need to check access to resources from outside our campus network to support remote users and I just wondered how other libraries are doing this?
So far as I'm aware all of our campus computers are on the same IP range that we give our suppliers so I have on occasion used my mobile to access resources 'remotely'. This is not ideal for a number of obvious reasons.
I initially spoke to our IT department about getting a Tor browser, but again, the reasons for not being allowed to are obvious enough. The next suggestion was a VPN but I was told the service they provide would not be suitable as it serves to bring external clients on to our internal network.
I just wondered if there was a simple solution I've overlooked?
Thanks,
Angus
Angus Sinclair
e-Resources & Journals Coordinator
Goldsmiths, University of London
London SE14 6NW
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