Hi Andrew, >> please excuse my ignorance about dspace, I am new here. What do people >> think to the idea of identifying users by their IP address? This would >> be an alternative to logging in via the traditional username+password. >> This would be associated with an administrative function that registered >> user groups with IP address ranges.
As Allen pointed out in a previous reply, for general single user authentication (e.g. allowing a user to submit items in a particular collection) it would not make a good choice. However for more general authentication (e.g. allowing all users on your university campus to read items in a protected collection) it would make a good authentication method as it would mean that many users can get away without the need for a DSpace account - they can be given access because because of the machine they are using. This is a commonly used method by publishers of electronic materials to grant access to subscribing institutions. DSpace has a stackable authentication system making it easy to add new authentication methods and enable users to choose which method they log in with. An IP authentication method has been distributed with DSpace since version 1.5. See: http://www.dspace.org/1_5_1Documentation/DSpace-Manual.pdf page 83. However at present I believe there are a few issues with it, such as: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=119984&aid=2088431&group_i d=19984 If you try it out, we'd love to hear your feedback about it in order that we can improve it. Thanks, Stuart _________________________________________________________________ Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth Information Services Prifysgol Aberystwyth Aberystwyth University E-bost / E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ffon / Tel: (01970) 622860 _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
