3M Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP)

Minimum version required

The options described in this document require EZproxy 2.4c (2003-03-21) or later, with the exception of the SIP2 directive which requires EZproxy 4.0g (2007-03-12) or later.

All options

::SIP,Debug

Host siphost.yourlib.org

Timeout 30

Expect login:
Send someuser\n

LoginUsername sipuser
LoginPassword sippass
LoginLocation somewhere

TerminalInstitution institution
TerminalPassword termpass
SIP
SIP2

/SIP

The SIP directive tells EZproxy to use SIP1 when communicating with the remote host. The SIP2 directive appears in EZproxy 4.0g (2007-03-12) or later to use SIP2 protocol.

When configuring, you should use either the SIP or SIP2 directive, but not both.

Whether using the SIP or SIP2 directive, the entry in user.txt/ezproxy.usr always starts with ::SIP and always ends with /SIP.

Socket connection with no authentication

For SIP1, use:

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org:1234
SIP
/SIP

For SIP2, use:

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org:1234
SIP2
/SIP

The remainder of the example use the SIP directive for SIP1. You can substitute SIP2 in any of these examples of SIP2.

Socket connection with no authentication using SIP1

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org:1234
SIP
/SIP

Socket connection with SIP username and password

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org:1234
LoginUsername sipuser
LoginPassword sippass
LoginLocation EZproxy
SIP
/SIP

Telnet connection

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org
Expect login:
Send someuser\n
Expect Password:
Send somepass\n
Expect Last login
SIP
/SIP

In the previous example, the username and password used to access SIP are sent as part of the telnet connection. The \n that appears in this example indicates that a newline should be sent, similar to pressing the enter key at the end of a line. If your SIP server requires a password during SIP negotiation, you can use an entry similar to this next example.

Telnet connection with SIP username and password

::SIP
Host siphost.yourlib.org
Expect login:
Send someuser\n
Expect Password:
Send somepass\n
Expect Last login
LoginUsername sipuser
LoginPassword sippass
LoginLocation EZproxy
SIP
/SIP