<s>
EZproxy	B-Library
is	O
a	O
web	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
used	O
by	O
libraries	O
to	O
give	O
access	O
from	O
outside	O
the	O
library	O
's	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
to	O
restricted-access	O
websites	O
that	O
authenticate	O
users	O
by	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
library	O
patrons	O
at	O
home	O
or	O
elsewhere	O
to	O
log	O
in	O
through	O
their	O
library	O
's	O
EZproxy	B-Library
server	O
and	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
resources	O
to	O
which	O
their	O
library	O
subscribes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
bibliographic	B-Library
databases	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
won	O
the	O
2006	O
LITA/Brett	O
Butler	O
Entrepreneurship	O
Award	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
with	O
EZproxy	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
EZproxy	B-Library
is	O
a	O
URL	B-Protocol
rewriting	I-Protocol
program	O
,	O
which	O
works	O
by	O
dynamically	O
altering	O
the	O
URLs	O
within	O
the	O
web	O
pages	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
database	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
names	O
within	O
the	O
URLs	O
of	O
these	O
web	O
pages	O
are	O
changed	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
EZproxy	B-Library
server	O
instead	O
,	O
causing	O
users	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
EZproxy	B-Library
server	O
as	O
they	O
access	O
links	O
on	O
these	O
web	O
pages.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
proxy	O
solutions	O
were	O
complex	O
and	O
difficult	O
to	O
maintain	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
EZproxy	B-Library
was	O
created	O
,	O
authentication	O
systems	O
like	O
Shibboleth	O
were	O
still	O
far	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
sometimes	O
confused	O
with	O
generic	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
software	O
designed	O
to	O
control	O
web	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
