Access without authentication: how and why we let anyone surf our wireless.
Most libraries require authentication to ensure that only qualified, registered patrons use their services. This California public library system, however, decided to let anybody surf its new wireless service anonymously. Here the author explains why they chose this path, what the technical configur...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Libraries Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 10 - 15 |
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| Formato: | pictorial Journal Article |
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Information Today Inc.
Mar2006
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Most libraries require authentication to ensure that only qualified, registered patrons use their services. This California public library system, however, decided to let anybody surf its new wireless service anonymously. Here the author explains why they chose this path, what the technical configuration is, and how it simplifies life for the surfers. |
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