Re: Recommendation requests: VPN for off-campus testing

From: Graeme Williams <carryonwilliams_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 09:01:11 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Cloudflare has a VPN called WARP which you can find at 1.1.1.1

It's free, and it's simple to install.  There are versions for Windows,
Linux, Mac, Android and Apple.

You don't need to run it on a VM if you don't want to.  It's simple to turn
on and off.

Graeme Williams
Las Vegas, NV


On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 8:45 AM Julia Bauder <julia.bauder_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I test off-campus access by using 4G on my phone. As a bonus, it means I
> get to see how well the resource works on a mobile-sized screen!
>
> Julia
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Julia Bauder
> Social Studies and Data Services Librarian
> Grinnell College Libraries
> 1111 6th Ave.
> Grinnell, IA 50112
> 641-269-4431
>
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 10:16 AM Catherine Smith <clsmith35_at_ua.edu> wrote:
>
> > We are researching new methods for testing off-campus access of our
> > E-Resources.  We currently use the HMA VPN on a virtual machine, but it
> has
> > become increasingly slow and unreliable.  Does anyone have a product or
> > procedure that you are using the works well that you would recommend?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > --Catherine
> >
> > Catherine Smith, MLIS | she/her/hers
> > Coordinator of Metadata | Assistant Professor
> > University Libraries, Resource Acquisition & Discovery
> > The University of Alabama
> > Phone 205-348-1516
> > clsmith35@ua.edu | https://lib.ua.edu
> >
> >
>
Received on Tue Oct 05 2021 - 11:51:30 EDT