From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:28:24 -0400 Andrew, Don't you think that we will be moving to two-step verification soon and will not be using IP authentication any more? Joe Esposito On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Andrew Pitts <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:13:05 +0000 > > We hope members of this list will be interested in this news, given > the concerns about the use of IP addresses as an authentication method > for scholarly content. > > PSI, the organisation which helps publishers eliminate subscription > fraud and IP misuse, has announced the launch of a global registry of > IP addresses which we hope will benefit the whole community. The IP > Registry will make it easier for libraries to communicate any changes > in their authentication details to all publishers who sign up to use > the service, saving them significant time and reducing errors. The > registry already contains 1.5 billion validated IP addresses for over > 60,000 content licensing organisations worldwide. > > The full Press Release can be seen below > > ************************************************ > > Press Release: Oxford, UK 27th June 2016 > > Publisher Solutions International Ltd (PSI) launch The IP Registry, > which will solve major authentication problems experienced by > publishers and libraries. > > PSI, the organisation which helps publishers eliminate subscription > fraud and IP misuse, today announced the launch of a global registry > of IP addresses. > > On average, 58% of IP ranges held by publishers are inaccurate, PSI > have found. Because of this, a significant amount of content is open > to unlicensed access, and libraries and publishers are likely to > receive inaccurate usage statistics. Until now, the systems for > keeping the IP ranges accurate and up to date have been cumbersome, > time-consuming and inefficient for everyone involved. > > The IP Registry will make it easier for libraries to communicate any > changes in their authentication details to all publishers who sign up > to use the service, saving them significant time and reducing errors. > The registry already contains 1.5 billion validated IP addresses for > over 60,000 content licensing organisations worldwide. > > Andrew Pitts, Managing Director of PSI, said "We are the experts in > this field as we have been working for over 10 years with leading > publishers to identify IP misuse and abuse, cleaning up their > authentication databases as we go along. As a result, we have a > database of clean and accurate IP details for institutions all over > the world. Given IP addresses are still the major method of > authentication within in our community we know that this service will > benefit publishers and their customers enormously. " > > Diane Costello, Executive Officer, Council of Australian University > Librarians (CAUL), when asked to comment on the original idea said > "This product should be an acquisition librarian's dream come true. > PSI is constructing a reliable index of institutions' IP addresses > which we will also keep up to date. This will save both publishers and > their subscribing libraries a whole lot of trouble. From the library > perspective, every time their institution updates their IP addresses, > the librarian must notify all those publishers and platform vendors > with whom they have an electronic relationship. Now, with The IP > Registry, they need only need to do it once." > > Keith Abbott, Special Projects Manager, John Wiley & Sons commented > "PSI has been a tremendous resource for us and our industry peers in > identifying and preventing the continuation of subscription fraud > around the world. More recently, their ability to use aggregated > publisher data to perform a global IP address clean-up has been > extremely valuable and has provided us with the information needed to > develop a more accurate data set in which we now and will continue to > have significant confidence." > > PSI is inviting libraries and publishers to find out more and register > their interest in the product at www.theipregistry.org. PSI will be > available at all major events through 2016, and are inviting people to > contact them to make an appointment to meet and discuss the registry. > > About PSI > > Publisher Solutions International, Ltd. (PSI) is an independent > third-party, which enables publishers and membership societies to work > together securely and confidentially towards the common goal of > eliminating subscription abuse and IP misuse. > > PSI is the brainchild of two veterans of the publishing world who hold over > > 30 years of STM publishing experience. It was during their work for > major publishers that they recognised the extent of IP misuse and > subscription abuse, the damage it was causing, and the need to > identify a viable means of putting a stop to it. > > About The IP Registry > > The IP Registry is a single repository of the validated IP addresses > for over 60,000 content licensing organisations worldwide, accessible > by both publishers and libraries and maintained for the benefit of the > whole scholarly communication community by PSI, based in Oxford, UK > and Boston, USA. > > Contact Andrew Pitts for more information: > Telephone: +44 (0)1865 849 514 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Web: www.theipregistry.org > Twitter: @ip_registry