From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]> To: Philip Davis <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>, Liblicense Forum <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:45:40 -0400 Case Western Reserve University rolled out 2-factor authentication with our VPN in early 2015. The library and campus IT partnered on the "messaging". Library had IT folks "on call" and do several demos for various student audiences. Thanks, Brian Brian C. Gray Team Leader, Research Services Librarian: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering Email: [log in to unmask] Kelvin Smith Library 201-K Research Guides & Profile: http://researchguides.case.edu/briangray Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151 2015-16 ALAO President: http://alaoweb.org/ On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Philip Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Two-step Authentication: Finally Coming to a University Near You > https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/06/21/two-step-authentication-finally-coming-to-a-university-near-you/ > > While universities may not be motivated to change their authentication model for the sake of publishers, a stronger system will unquestionably make it harder for Sci-Hub and other future iterations of pirate websites to use compromised accounts to build their collections. For publishers, this is a a beneficial step. However, there may be an unintended consequence to adding another step to the authorization process. Off-campus users, who presently find their institution’s authentication process exasperatingly complicated, may be further driven from using authorized library resources. Adding more security to campus networks may unfortunately drive more authorized users into the shadows.