Using OSU EZProxy For Your Files
Important Note
As of December 2011, this no longer works on the ASC web server, as ASC decided to move us over to a server running Microsoft IIS 6.0, rather than Apache, and there is no way to do this using Microsoft IIS 6.0. Oh well.
Important Note
To get this work, you’ll have to ask the library IT division to add your resource to the list of resources that work with OSU’s EZProxy server. Keep in mind that this is a hack, so responsibility for making sure it continues to work lies with you, not the library IT staff.
How To
Want part of your OSU webpage to be protected behind OSU’s EZProxy server? Create a subfolder (e.g., sanson7/local/), create a text file named “.htaccess” in that folder, containing the following lines:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^164\.107
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^140\.254
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^128\.146
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.68\.143
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.12\.205
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^67\.39\.90
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^75\.12\.69
RewriteRule (.*) http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]Now anyone who attempts to open something within that folder from off-campus will be automatically redirected through OSU’s EZProxy service.
Too complicated? Download this file, upload it to the appropriate folder on the webserver, and rename it to “.htaccess” (best to rename it after it is on the server; file names that begin with periods get special treatment on many operating systems).