VPN vs. Proxy - Quick Question

From: Tim McGeary <tmm8_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:33:55 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Hi all,

I realize that some of you may not directly deal with this issue, but I 
was wondering if I could get some quick replies about how your 
institutions are handling access to off-campus resources via VPN and Proxy.

Do you offer a VPN service?  If so, do you split-tunnel the traffic so 
that the VPN only handles traffic to inside your campus IP?  If you 
split-tunnel, do users complain about not being able to connect to 
external library resources (databases, journals, etc)?

Do you offer a Proxy service?  Will your proxy service work for users 
already connected to VPN?

Do you know an estimated ratio of Proxy:VPN users?

Thanks,
Tim

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Tim McGeary
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Lehigh University
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Received on Mon Oct 25 2010 - 09:34:56 EDT