Re: EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

From: Cary Gordon <listuser_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:24:36 -0800
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
If there is a demand for an EZProxy alternative, nginx might be a better way to go. Nginx is a reverse proxy ootb, and it is very configurable. It is fast, simple and, notably, it is fast.

Cary

On Jan 31, 2014, at 5:43 AM, Ryan Eby <ryaneby_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> There was actually a breakout in 2011? Code4lib discussing Apache and using it as a proxy. I believe Terry Reese and Jeremy Frumkin, then from Oregon?, were the ones leading it. There was lots of interest but Iím not sure if anything took off or if they have documentation somewhere of how far they got. I remember it being about getting something a consortia of libraries could use together so may have been more complex requirements than what is looked for here.
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> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Can_we_hack_on_this:_Open_Extensible_Proxy:_going_beyond_EZProxy%3F
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> Ryan Eby
Received on Fri Jan 31 2014 - 11:24:56 EST