Re: Westlaw and EZProxy

Hello, Anna,

We set up access to Westlaw UK on the Practical Law platform in 2018 as a trial.

Try this hybrid stanza for Westlaw Next and Practical Law - the only bugbear is the content under the More > News on the drop-down menu may fall outside your subscription and, therefore, be inaccessible on the new tab ("An error occurred processing your request. Please try again later."). It isn't possible to configure this to be hidden AFAIK. There may also be issues with permissions when transferring from Westlaw International Materials (WIM) to Westlaw UK (WUK) and vice versa.

I made sure WIM and WUK had the same sponsor code when I configured EZproxy. Recently it was reported on a mailing list (this one?) that Westlaw Support said it wasn't necessary to use a sponsor code but I am not sure. It certainly was necessary when I sorted out the EZproxy configuration during our trial last year. YMMV.

Option DomainCookieOnly
# can only verify on production as test service not configured for silent IP authn DB 2019-06-11
# if Option X-Forwarded-For is above this, then include:
#Option NoX-Forwarded-For
# If using recommended wildcard certificate, then include:
#Option HttpsHyphens
HTTPMethod DELETE
HTTPMethod PUT
HTTPMethod PATCH
AnonymousURL +https://sa-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/*
Title WestlawNext Campus Research
HTTPHeader -request -process x-cobalt-*
MimeFilter application/json .* javascript
# moved to top of config, additional NeverProxy hosts added DBdb 2017-03-27
# Practical Law (PL) hosts added - preview possible but some content not accessible as no sub held to PL DB 2018-07-23
# use URL https://westlawuk.thomsonreuters.co.uk/Browse/Home/WestlawUK for WestlawUK's new platform in July 2019 DB
URL https://intl.westlaw.com/Browse/Home/InternationalMaterials?rs=IWLN1.0&vr=3.0&sp=uksponsorcode-1&forcecdn=false&bhskip=1
H http://1.next.westlaw.com
HJ https://1.next.westlaw.com
# Some schools also need to add the following: (try it with or with out the https:// pre-append)
#H https://1.next.westlaw.com
H http://books.thomsonreuters.co.uk
H https://books.thomsonreuters.co.uk
H http://content.next.westlaw.com
HJ https://content.next.westlaw.com
HJ https://intl.westlaw.com
H http://law.thomsonreuters.co.uk
H https://law.thomsonreuters.co.uk
HJ https://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.co.uk
H http://next.westlaw.com
HJ https://next.westlaw.com
H http://onepass.thomsonreuters.com
HJ https://onepass.thomsonreuters.com
# not required due to NeverProxy directives below... db 2019-08-27
#H http://sa-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
#HJ https://sa-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
HJ https://signon.thomsonreuters.com
H http://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
HJ https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
H http://westlawuk.thomsonreuters.co.uk
HJ https://westlawuk.thomsonreuters.co.uk
# for privacy on all thomsonreuters.com products
HJ https://www.thomsonreuters.com
# legacy hosts redirect to https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
H http://ca.practicallaw.com
# redirects to...
HJ https://ca.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
H http://gld.practicallaw.com
H http://global.practicallaw.com
H http://us.practicallaw.com
DJ practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
DJ next.westlaw.com
DJ thomsonreuters.com
DJ westlaw.com
AnonymousURL -*
Option Cookie
#revised 5/2017 to add more NeverProxy domains
NeverProxy a.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy c1.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy ca.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy i1.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy ia.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy j1.next.westlaw.com:443
NeverProxy ja.next.westlaw.com:443
# adding these directives - also removing the AnonymousURL directives - can only verify on production DB 2019-06-11 and 2019-08-27
NeverProxy s1-law.thomsonreuters.co.uk:443
NeverProxy s1-au.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443
NeverProxy s1-ca.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443
NeverProxy s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443
NeverProxy sa-law.thomsonreuters.co.uk:443
NeverProxy sa-au.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443
NeverProxy sa-ca.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443
NeverProxy sa-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com:443


Kind regards,
Dom Benson
Analytics & Discovery Officer, Library, Information Services
Brunel University London | T +44(0)1895 266143


From: EZproxy List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of WOODWARD, Anna
Sent: 03 October 2019 10:49
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EZPROXY-L] Westlaw and EZProxy

Hello,

We've recently been migrated over to the new platform for Westlaw, but I've been told by their tech support that they are now only offering federated access.

Is it possible to use EZProxy with a Service Provider if they don't support access based on the IP address of the requestor?

I have asked OCLC Support a similar question but they don't seem to  be able to provide an answer.  If anyone could help I would be really grateful!

Best wishes,
Anna

Anna Woodward
Library Licences and Subscriptions Officer
Library, Technology and Information Service
University of Gloucestershire

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