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Thanks to everyone who responded to my Jan. 25, 1999 question regarding =
security
issues and  library web catalogs.  I promised to post the responses to the =
list
so here they are:

5 institutions responded.

The first is considering a cached server outside the firewall with a =
separate IP
address for the library system so that Museum staff would access it like =
email.

The second has the library catalog and the web server on 2 different servers
inside the firewall.

The third has the library system and database inside the firewall but the =
web
server outside the firewall.

The fourth is a Museum with an institutional web server.  Traffic from the =
OPAC
(which sits on the library server) is filtered through the  gallery web =
server.
There is a firewall between the gallery web server and the library server.

The fifth loads a tape of their OCLC cataloging onto a commercial internet
server.  They have a 2 month lag between cataloging and loading.  They are
planning to move to an in-house system where the library database and access
components are on a server separate from the museum's, bu they may still
continue to load the tapes onto the external commercial server.

None of the respondents have taken any steps to hide the IP address from the
public.

Again, thanks for all your input.


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Marilyn Czerniejewski
Associate Librarian
Toledo Museum of Art
P.O. Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697
(419) 255-8000 ext.386
FAX (419) 255-5638
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