1. EzProxy Config Manager an Open Source Application
SUNYLA 2018
Finger Lakes Community College
Juan Denzer
SUNY Oswego
Discovery Services Librarian
June 14, 2018 

2. EzProxy – What is it?
EZproxy access and authentication software connects to many content providers, including OCLC, EBSCO, Gale and others. It also connects to a wide variety of authentication services, including LDAP, SIP and Shibboleth, which reduces the number of authorizations and passwords users need to remember. Users gain secure remote access to the Web-based, licensed content they discover in libraries.

3. EzProxy Configuration File
##SSL Configuration
#NOTE: These SSL options must appear before the first LoginPortSSL directive
Option DisableSSL56bit
Option DisableSSL40bit
Option DisableSSLv2
LoginPortSSL 443
Option ForceHTTPSLogin
## Unauthorized login prevention
IntruderIPAttempts -interval=5 -expires=30 -reject=100 20
IntruderUserAttempts -interval=5 -expires=15 10
## Custom additions START:
## Timeout feature. Default is 120 minutes. Set to 60 minutes, July 2000.
MAXLIFETIME 60
## Maximum Virtual Hosts. Default is /02/2002 increased to 300.
## to solve problems with www. newsbank.com. Without it, off-campus
## users cannot access newsbank.
## Changed from 1000 to 3000 to avoid MaxVirtualHost errors, 9/22/2015em
## Changed from 395 to 1000 with purchase of Sage Premier, 12/30/2008ns
## Increased to 400 to resolve Mergent Online problem, 1/4/2004. John T.
## Increased to 500 to resolve issue where .hst was filling every night - original Sage/Oxford problem ns
MV 3000
## Added to Proxy by host so that all requests are on port /08
Option ProxyByHostname .

4. EzProxy Configuration File Continued
Title Duke University Press
HTTPHeader -request X-Tizra- Ajax
URL
HJ read.dukeupress.edu HJ HJ
HJ reader.dukeupress.edu
#updated 12/20/16 em, though we're not sure if we still need this
Title EBSCO A-to-Z
URL
Domain atoz.ebsco.com
HJ atoz.ebsco.com HJ
#updated 12/20/16 em
Title EBSCO Electronic Journals Service (EJS)
URL
HJ ejscontent.ebsco.com
DJ ebsco.com
HJ content.ebsco.com .

5. EzProxy Configuration File Size
Typical file size kb
Some can be > 500 kb
Lines
Most are 1000’s or more

6. Purpose of Configuration File
Flat file contains
Manages Stanzas
Contains EzProxy option and settings
Manages authentication
Includes for external files
Black and white list
Comments

7. ER&L 2018
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Librarian Art of Decluttering and Organizing EZProxy
EZProxy is an authentication tool for many libraries, and even with diligent updating it can get cluttered! We’ll walk you through overhauling the configuration file and removing the cobwebs, and show you some best practices for maintaining a tidy EZProxy instance. You'll come away feeling joy about each every stanza!
Noelle Egan
eResources & Acquisitions Librarian, Drexel University Libraries
Erin Finnerty
Electronic Resources Librarian, Temple University

8. Why an Application? Config files can grow over time. Years of neglect
Changing of guards
1000’s upon 1000s of lines
Time
We have the computing technology, why not use it.

9. EzProxy Configuration Manager Application
Parsing program to manage config file
Open Source C#
Developed with two CS students
Stand alone Windows application
Later releases will be multiple platform
Database driven application

10. Application Features Manage Stanzas Searching Sorting Viewing Testing
Manage proxy settings
Commenting system
Exporting managed config file
Future features
Importing stanzas from OCLC or listserv
Version control
Backup file system
Google calendar API integration

11. Penfield Library GitHub Repository
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