Access to Online Resources: A Guide for the Modern Librarian

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence.The book offers a concise guide for librarians, helping them understand the challenges, processes and technologies involved in managing access to online resources. After an introduction the book presents cases of general authentication and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Botyriute, Kristina
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer Nature 2018
Springer Open
Springer
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer International Publishing
Edition1
Subjects
access management
access protocols
authentication
authorisation
Business
identity management
Language Arts & Disciplines
Library & Information Science
Library and information sciences / Museology
library technology
Management
Nonfiction
online resources
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
SAML
troubleshooting
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ISBN9783319739908
3319739905
9783319739892
3319739891
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-73990-8

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Access management i s a very complicated beast -- Authentication and Authorisation -- Jane and Ben -- Before We Start... -- A Shopping Protocol. ASP -- Web based authentication methods -- What is HTTP? -- HTTP Basic Authentication -- HTTP Digest Authentication -- HTTP(S) Forms Authentication -- Cookies! -- More about cookies ... -- King and bishop: certificates -- Key concepts -- IP Recognition -- On and off site -- Remote access via proxy: local build vs cloud based -- Security considerations -- Key concepts -- SAML -- How it works -- You... -- ...and Them -- Federation -- Key concepts -- OpenID Connect -- Open Authorisation 2.0 -- OpenID Connect -- Key concepts -- Basic Troubleshooting -- 60 second diagnostics -- Setting up access -- The fastest way to get help -- The End -- Bibliography