FAQ

MuseGlobal provides three methods for search and retrieval of EBSCOhost content.

• Z39.50
• HTTP
• EBSCO Integration Toolkit (EIT)

Where applicable, the preferred method of access is via EIT. This is a SOAP-based Web Service approach which provides the optimal combination of performance and completeness. You can find the EIT Source Packages by searching in your Muse Console’s “Add Sources” section in the “IDs Containing” field for the term EIT. EIT SPs have Source IDs which start with the string EBSCOEIT. URLs: The HTTP Source Packages for EBSCO search on the URL http://search.ebscohost.com/. The EIT Source Packages use http://eit.ebscohost.com/Services/SearchService.asmx as the Home URL and Search URL. AUTHENTICATION: Authentication for the EBSCOEIT Source Packages is two-fold. 1) Authentication for search and retrieval can done by user/pw (with the USER_NAME and USER_PASSWORD fields of the profile) or IP (with the CUSTOM_PARAMETERS field of the profile). For search/retrieval authentication by IP, a value must be placed in the CUSTOM_PARAMETERS tag from the EBSCOEIT* source profile. Again, this is used to connect to and search a certain database. Using this IP authentication, you may be authenticated to a number of databases. Example : <CUSTOM_PARAMETERS>AUTH_TYPE=ip;IP_PROFILE=eit; IP_ADDRESS=1.2.3.4</CUSTOM_PARAMETERS> where : IP_ADDRESS=your IP which authenticates to EIT. Please note that your EBSCO account must be specifically enabled in order to use of EIT. The user/pw used for connecting to http://search.ebscohost.com/ will not work for EIT. Also note that the IP_PROFILE will be either eitor eitws; — this string matches the 3rd section of your 3-part EIT authentication string (ex. s123456.main.eit or s123456.main.eitws). Please check with EBSCO if you are not sure which it is. 2) The aforementioned authentication by IP or user/pw gives us access to the EBSCOEIT API, but it does not provide successful link navigation on the record links obtained. For this, the PROXY_HOST and PROXY_PORT in the profile must be configured. IMPORTANT: authentication to EBSCO for link navigation is only done by IP. Example : <PROXY_HOST>proxy.you.com</PROXY_HOST> <PROXY_PORT>9797</PROXY_PORT> So, in conclusion, 2 IP authentication settings are needed: one (user/pw or IP) for accessing and searching the EBSCOEIT database desired and the other one (proxy IP) to successfully navigate on the record links obtained. Questions about your EIT account status should be referred to Gregory Julien [GregoryJulien@ebscohost.com].

The instructions and code provided below are based on the following assumptions:

• MuseProxyFoundationHMAC is the Muse Proxy application configured with HMAC authentication;
• quiet is the value of the secret;
• userName and timestamp are the signature parameters;
• SHA256 is the algorithm;
• the separator between the signature parameters is . .

Integrate the following code into your ASPX page:

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Linq" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Security.Cryptography" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Text" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>

<script runat=server>
public String getHmacURL(String museProxyURL, String applicationID, String generatedHmacDigest, String parametersToSend) {
return museProxyURL + "/" + applicationID + "?sig=" + generatedHmacDigest + parametersToSend;
}
public String getParametersToCreateURL(Dictionary usedParameters){
String parametersToSend = "";
foreach( KeyValuePair param in usedParameters )
{
String key = param.Key;
if (!key.Equals ("userAddress") && !key.Equals ("userAgent") && !key.Equals ("referer")) {
parametersToSend += "&" + key + "=" + param.Value;
}
}
return parametersToSend;
}
public String getValueForGenerateDigest(Dictionary usedParameters, String separator){
String value = "";
int length = usedParameters.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { if (i < length - 1) { value += usedParameters.Values.ElementAt(i) + separator; } else { value += usedParameters.Values.ElementAt(i); } } return value; } public String generateHmacDigest(String algorithm, String secret, String value){ byte[] key = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(secret); byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(value); MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray); String digest = null; if (algorithm.Equals ("sha1")) { HMACSHA1 hmacSHA1 = new HMACSHA1 (key); digest = hmacSHA1.ComputeHash (stream).Aggregate ("", (s, e) => s + String.Format ("{0:x2}", e), s => s);
} else if (algorithm.Equals ("md5")) {
HMACMD5 hmacMD5 = new HMACMD5 (key);
digest = hmacMD5.ComputeHash (stream).Aggregate ("", (s, e) => s + String.Format ("{0:x2}", e), s => s);
} else if (algorithm.Equals ("sha256")) {
HMACSHA256 hmacSHA256 = new HMACSHA256 (key);
digest = hmacSHA256.ComputeHash (stream).Aggregate ("", (s, e) => s + String.Format ("{0:x2}", e), s => s);
} else if (algorithm.Equals ("sha384")) {
HMACSHA384 hmacSHA384 = new HMACSHA384 (key);
digest = hmacSHA384.ComputeHash (stream).Aggregate ("", (s, e) => s + String.Format ("{0:x2}", e), s => s);
} else if(algorithm.Equals ("sha512")){
HMACSHA512 hmacSHA512 = new HMACSHA512 (key);
digest = hmacSHA512.ComputeHash (stream).Aggregate ("", (s, e) => s + String.Format ("{0:x2}", e), s => s);
}
return digest;
}
public Dictionary initUsedParameters(){
// timestamp represent the current UNIX timestamp
long ticks = DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks - DateTime.Parse("01/01/1970 00:00:00").Ticks;
ticks /= 10000000; //Convert windows ticks to seconds
String timestamp = ticks.ToString();
// referer is the referer from request
String referer = Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority);
// userAddres is IP adress for user from request
String userAddress = GetIP();
// userAgent is userAgent from request header
String userAgent = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserAgent;

Dictionary parameters = new Dictionary();
parameters.Add ("userName", "username");
parameters.Add ("ts", timestamp);
//parameters.Add("referer", referer);
//parameters.Add("userAddress", userAddress);
//parameters.Add("userAgent", userAgent);
return parameters;
}


String algorithm = "sha256";
String secret = "quiet";
String proxyURL = "http://MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT";
String applicationID = "MuseProxyFoundationHMAC";
String separator = ".";

public String getDigest(){
String value = getValueForGenerateDigest(initUsedParameters(), separator);
return generateHmacDigest(algorithm,secret,value);
}

public String getURL(){
return getHmacURL(proxyURL, applicationID, getDigest(), getParametersToCreateURL(initUsedParameters()));
}


public static String GetIP()
{
String ip = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ip))
{
ip = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
}
return ip;
}





<%=getURL()%>




where replace MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT with your actual Muse Proxy host and port.

The aditional file MuseProxyHMAC.cs that needs to be integrated into your project can be dowloaded from here.
The commented lines are for the cases when you want to use in the signature the userAgent/referer/userAddress values.
Note that they must be specified in the Muse Proxy as well (in the $MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC
\profiles\login\ProxyLoginModuleHMAC.xml file).

The instructions and code provided below are based on the following assumptions:
– MuseProxyFoundationHMAC is the Muse Proxy application configured with HMAC authentication;
– quiet is the value of the secret;
– userName and timestamp are the signature parameters;
– SHA256 is the algorithm;
– the separator between the signature parameters is . .

Integrate the following code into your Java project:

package com.edulib.muse.proxy.samples;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@WebServlet("/index")
public class Index extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
public Index() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
/**
* @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
*/
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
String algorithm = "HmacSHA256";
String secret = "quiet";
String proxyURL = "http://MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT";
String applicationID = "MuseProxyFoundationHMAC";
String separator = ".";
// timestamp represent the current UNIX timestamp
String timestamp = "" + System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
// referer is the referer from request
String referer = request.getRequestURL().toString();
// userAddres is IP adress for user from request
String userAddress = request.getRemoteAddr();
// userAgent is userAgent from request header
String userAgent = request.getHeader("user-agent");
LinkedHashMap parameters = new LinkedHashMap();
parameters.put("userName", "test");
parameters.put("ts", timestamp);
parameters.put("referer", referer);
parameters.put("userAddress", userAddress);
parameters.put("userAgent", userAgent);

MuseProxyHMAC museProxyHMAC = new MuseProxyHMAC(proxyURL, applicationID, secret, algorithm, separator, parameters);

PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.print(""<a href=\"" + museProxyHMAC.generatedURL + "\" target=\"_blank\">" + museProxyHMAC.generatedURL + "</a>"");
}
}


where replace MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT with your actual Muse Proxy host and port.
The aditional file MuseProxyHMAC.java that needs to be integrated into your Java project can be downloaded from here.

The overall steps would be:
1) Create the new application as copy of the MuseProxyFoundation template, the ID of the new application to be MuseProxyFoundationHMAC for example.
2) Edit the file

$MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC\

profiles\AuthenticationGroups.xml

and do the following:
– Locate the

/ICE-CONFIG/AUTHENTICATION_GROUPS/AUTHENTICATION_GROUP/AUTHENTICATIONS

node and remove its content, thus obtaining an empty node:
<AUTHENTICATIONS>
</AUTHENTICATIONS>

– Edit the value of the node

/ICE-CONFIG/AUTHENTICATION_GROUPS/AUTHENTICATION_GROUP/NAME
to be:
HMAC Authentication

– Add the following sequence under the node

/ICE-CONFIG/AUTHENTICATION_GROUPS/AUTHENTICATION_GROUP/AUTHENTICATIONS

<AUTHENTICATION>
<IDENTIFIER>9</IDENTIFIER>
<LEVEL>requisite</LEVEL>
<CLASS>com.edulib.muse.proxy.authentication.modules.ProxyLoginModuleHMAC
</CLASS>
<HANDLER>
<CLASS>com.edulib.muse.proxy.authentication.modules
.ProxyLoginModuleHMACDataHandlerXml</CLASS>
<PARAMETERS>
<CONFIGURATION_FILE>${WEB_CONTEXT_HOME}/profiles/login
/ProxyLoginModuleHMAC.xml</CONFIGURATION_FILE>
</PARAMETERS>
</HANDLER>
</AUTHENTICATION>

(make sure that after pasting the content the XML file is still valid)

3) Refresh the applications properties via the Muse Proxy Administrator Console -> Advanced left menu section -> Operations item -> Refresh Applications button.
Now the HMAC is set with HMAC authentication.

4) Establish and configure the parameters for the HMAC authentication. For this edit the file:
$MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC
\profiles\login\ProxyLoginModuleHMAC.xml
and make changes according to your requirements. E.g. you may want to change the secret value (default is quiet) and the parameters that you want to hash as part of the signature. By default only the userName (Application ID) and timestamp are used, however you can add the userAgent and/or referer and/or userAddress to be hashed.

We assume for the examples purposes that all defaults remain (e.g. the quiet secret and userName.timestamp as message to sign with HmacSHA1).

Assuming that you want to proxify an URL (ex. http://www.amazon.com/) for the MuseProxyFoundationHMAC Muse Proxy application, the generated HMAC URL will look like:

http://MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT/MuseProxyFoundationHMAC?userName=MuseProxyFoundationHMAC
&ts=1469524141&sig=ee5a160dbd37c4867e34e6147a3421d2289bec14
&qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F

where MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT are the Muse Proxy server details.

Note that by default the validity of this URL is 30 seconds.

For more detailed information on enabling and configuring HMAC authentication refer to the Muse Proxy Advanced Configuration.pdf manual, 6.4.5.8 ProxyLoginModuleHMAC chapter.

5) Create your server side implementation that will generate dynamically the HMAC link(s).

Notes:

1) The generated HMAC URL will work only for 30 seconds (configurable in the value of the TS_EXPIRY field in
$MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC
\profiles\login\ProxyLoginModuleHMAC.xml)
2) The server generating the HMAC links and the Muse Proxy server must be time synchronized. This is a must, otherwise if the 2 machines are not synchronized with regard to the time, the HMAC links will not work due to the validity value of the signature.
3) If you create proxified links, the destination URL (e.g the value of the qurl parameter) must be URL encoded.

The instructions and code provided below are based on the following assumptions:
– MuseProxyFoundationHMAC is the Muse Proxy application configured with HMAC authentication;
– quiet is the value of the secret;
– userName and timestamp are the signature parameters;
– SHA256 is the algorithm;
– the separator between the signature parameters is . .

Add the following code into your PHP page:

"MuseProxyFoundation", "ts" => $timestamp, "userAgent" => $userAgent, "referer" => $referer, "userAddress" => $userAddress);
$used_params = array("userName" => $applicationID, "ts" => $timestamp);

$museProxy = new MuseProxyHMAC($museProxyURL, $applicationID, $secret, $algorithm, $separator, $used_params);
echo $museProxy->generatedHmacDigest . "
";
echo "TEST";
?>



where replace MUSE_PROXY_HOST:PORT with your actual Muse Proxy host and port.

The aditional MuseProxyHMAC.php file can be downloaded from here.

The code will generate the HMAC link on the TEST label.

The commented lines are for the cases when you want to use in the signature the userAgent/referer/userAddress values.
Note that they must be specified in the Muse Proxy as well (in the $MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC
\profiles\login\ProxyLoginModuleHMAC.xml file).