How Does the Proxy Service Work?

• From any of the Electronic Resources pages, look for resources with the scales of justice plus icon shown above. These resources are available to Law School students, faculty, and staff outside (and inside) the Law School building.
  
  
• To open the resource, click on its title.
  
  
• If you are inside the Law School building, your Web browser will transparently open the resource as usual.
  
  
• If you are outside the building, you will taken to the Proxy Login page and will be prompted for your Law School network id and password. The proxy server determines your eligibility and passes you through to all proxied resources. You may remain logged-in to the proxy for up to 6 hours.
• If you experience problems logging in, refer to the instructions on the Proxy Login page.

Security

To protect your username and password, the proxy server encrypts the Proxy Login page. In order to do so, the proxy server provides a "site certificate" for your Web browser to use.

Because most Web browsers will allow you to save this certificate, you will only be prompted for it once. However, as the certificate is self signed, browsers tend to give extra warnings about accepting the certificate. It is safe to accept the certificate.

The process for accepting a certificate is similar in all Web browsers. Instructions on how to accept the certificate in Netscape 4.7x and Internet Explorer 5.0x are provided below. If you have been through this process before, you will probably be able to skip the instructions.

Macintosh users: Although most Mac Web browsers will work, there is a bug in Internet Explorer 5.x that prevents it from accepting the Law Library's certificate. You will need to use an alternate browser to access the proxy service.

Instructions on Accepting the Site Certificate in Netscape 4.7x

Step 1: Click Next.

Step 2: Click Next to continue.

Step 3: Click "Accept this certificate forever...", then click Next.

Step 4: Make sure "Warn me before I send information..." is NOT checked, then click Next.

Step 5: Click the Finish button. That's it - you will not be prompted to accept the certificate again.

Instructions on Accepting the Site Certificate in Internet Explorer 5.0x

Click Yes. That's it - you will not be prompted to accept the certificate again.