[Koha-bugs] [Bug 3578] New: different_IP auth is too strict for many services

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http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3578

           Summary: different_IP auth is too strict for many services
           Product: Koha
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: OPAC
        AssignedTo: jmf at liblime.com
        ReportedBy: drdrulm at yahoo.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
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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.


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