Hot on the heels of the talk Meredith Farkas and I gave at Internet Librarian on using Feed2JS (and some other tools) comes this post from RSS4Lib warning about the misappropriation of a locally installed version of Feed2JS. Basically, if you do choose to install the software on your own server, Ken points out that others may use it for nefarious purposes. I know the version we have at the U of C is restricted to use AT the U of C for just that reason. Ken points to these directions for restricting Feed2JS to the feeds you want to be used.
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I used a different technique to restrict our Feed2JS. It only responds if the referring URL is on a *.ucalgary.ca domain. It’ll aggregate any feed you want, and will cache it happily, as long as it’s being used on campus. I suppose there could be spammers on campus, but whatever… I use the apache .htaccess file to control this.
and I didn’t realize you needed the Feed2JS updated for a Big Important Talk at IL. I’d have bumped the upgrade up the priority stack if I’d have known that! 🙂
Thanks for the extra info, D’Arcy. re: the upgrade, let’s see, I asked an hour before you were off on vacation. I think you have your priorities straight 🙂 Turns out it wouldn’t have mattered – the enclosures option still doesn’t do what I was hoping it would, so don’t lose any sleep. Speaking of which, it’s time to turn back the clock and hit the hay myself.