[Koha] Electronic Resource URLs - Authentication

[Indranil Das Gupta]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
> We've been considering various options. For us it's a matter of some
> material kept on an in house server that should be local access only. We're
> looking at controlling access via the user's IP address, or requiring a
> login.  So we are quite interested in how others have approached this.

Recently I setup something similar for a client. It required me to
write an external squid authentication helper that read the user creds
and perms (patron category, expiry, debarment etc) off the borrowers
table. I added a couple of extra fields to support the proxy auth
functions, and a separate table to log login/sessions. A custom .kpz
plugin helped helped to manage the users and generate reports as
required. Served over SSL, it seems to be able to serve their purpose.

cheers
-indranil

>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Craig Butosi <craig.butosi at rcmusic.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Running Koha 3.20.02 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Apache 2.4.7.
>>
>> I had a question about the authentication of electronic resource links in
>> Koha. I'd like to explore a method of managing access to links to
>> e-resources (856 fields)  that would (1) prevent an anonymous user from
>> navigating to the full-text of an e-resource via the 856 link; and (2) to
>> show an 856  link to the full-text of an e-resource to authenticated users.
>> I am thinking here of how universities and colleges manage their
>> e-resources (i.e., allow registered students access to e-content but
>> denying unauthorized access from unofficial users). The problem is that
>> I've never talked with anyone who could explain how this is done generally.
>> I'm sure it varies across institutions.
>>
>> So, can Koha (presumably with server-side software) do this, and how can
>> it be done? Is this what CAS or SIP2 is for?
>>
>> Hope this is clear. Happy to provide more info. This is not my area, but
>> I'd like to explore further. Feel free to point me to info resources on
>> this too.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>>
>> Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.)
>> LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER
>> the royal conservatory
>> TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
>> 273 Bloor Street West
>> Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
>> 416.408.2824 x338
>> www.rcmusic.ca<http://www.rcmusic.ca/>
>>
>>
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