Bug 3578

Summary: different_IP auth is too strict for many services
Product: Koha Reporter: Chris Cormack <chris>
Component: OPACAssignee: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: martin.renvoize
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   
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Description Chris Cormack 2010-05-21 01:12:28 UTC


---- Reported by drdrulm@yahoo.com 2009-09-03 17:48:46 ----

The different_IP auth is too strict for many services 

This is the message given to the patron (different_IP)

While the staff side sessions should always keep fixed IP. This is not going to the true for the patron side for a large number of services. The OPAC needs to be opened up to allow these services, but the staff side should still require the IP to stay the same. 

The services denying patron login include but are not limited to the following:
* AOL (while they can turn off the proxy, and probably should, few know how to do this)
* People still using google web accelerator (now defunct)
* Other proxy based web accelerators
* Anon proxies. 
* Some office networks maintain filter proxies which can cause logout
* Home filtering software which use proxies. There are quite a few. 
* Other non-AOL web proxies
* Some squid setups, etc.
* Many cell phone carries. Iphone/Blackberry users employ the web far more than casual cell-phone web users.



--- Bug imported by chris@bigballofwax.co.nz 2010-05-21 01:12 UTC  ---

This bug was previously known as _bug_ 3578 at http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3578

Unknown operating system Windows 2000. Setting to default OS "All".
Actual time not defined. Setting to 0.0
The original reporter of this bug does not have
   an account here. Reassigning to the person who moved
   it here: chris@bigballofwax.co.nz.
   Previous reporter was drdrulm@yahoo.com.

Comment 1 Martin Renvoize (ashimema) 2014-12-03 11:41:10 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 5511 ***