My IT department wants to limit TCP and UDP handle resolution requests through our firewall to specific outside machines by IP address. Can we do that?
The Handle System is a public resolution system meant to be available without restrictions. We recommend you not limit requests by IP because the addresses for the Global Handle Registry and the hdl.handle.net Proxy will change over time. Future plans call for placing proxy servers all over the world. Also, if you restrict, then someone running a native handle client can’t resolve your handles.
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