User Authentication Strategies in Multi-Institutional Environments > OhioLINK

Authentication system

Key points

• Authenticates users using OhioLINK-member patron databases when they come from an unknown IP address
• Stores an .ohiolink.edu domain cookie in the authenticated user's browser to serve as a security token
• Validates the security token against a database of valid cookies at each OhioLINK server

• End User's Experience
• Technical Process
• Server Architecture
• Policies and Privacy