British Online Archives (BOA) is delighted to announce it has signed up with theIPregistry.org to make the process of checking, monitoring and updating the IP addresses used to authenticate access to content easier for our customers. We will transition to use the data held by theIPregistry.org from 13th November 2023. It is therefore important that, if you have not already done so, you create a user account and confirm the data held for your organisation by theIPregistry.org. In future we will ask you to send any IP updates via theIPregistry.org instead of sending updates to BOA directly.
The first step is to register for free at https://app.theIPregistry.org and confirm the IPs currently registered to your institution. To communicate any IP address updates, simply log in to your account and add or delete the relevant IP address(es)*. The updates will be checked and verified before they are updated on our publishing platform, and you’ll get an immediate error message from theIPregistry.org if you try to enter an IP address that corresponds to the wrong country or is already registered to another institution.
We’re introducing this new upgrade to our publishing service because we are committed to providing the highest possible standards for providing access to our customers, and theIPregistry.org allows libraries to manage their IP addresses and broadcast changes to multiple publishers, including BOA, from a secure, central location with one click. When you log in to your account you can see the list of all the publishers receiving your updates via theIPregistry.org making the process really easy for you to manage.
We hope you’ll agree that this is a major service development and we’re looking forward to being able to offer this service to our customers.
Should you have any questions regarding this transition, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@britishonlinearchives.digital.
* You may be asked to supply supporting documentation, but this is very easy to do and can be as simple as a copy of an email, or a free text explanation from an authorised user.