On 02/25/98 09:25:08, Chris Pearson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>No.. really? :-[
>
>In fact there are no external connections apart from the Xenix OS via
>the Specialix board. We are running Good Old (and I mean old) System5..
>( its Ok Ewan.. we all love it really!)..., with its CPU type of Dumb
>terminal environment..(always thought that an appropriate name for a GP
>to work on).
>
>Shouldn't be a way in there, surely? Mind you, when we go to peer-to-
>peer networking next month, you may have a point. :-(
I was talking about security risk from the 'inside' rather than an
external attack.
If you leave your computer on, it makes it a little easier for someone
to gain access to patients' files. I know that you would have a
password to access the clinical system. However, when the computer
boots up from off, you presumably have another password to access the
network?
Also, if it is on *and* the clinical system is also running, then
you're at real and easy risk of attack. For example, gone for lunch or
a cup of coffee.
What I dream of is a bio-recognition program that will spot my face as I
walk into the room and switch the computer on. If I move way, it
switches it off.
Ahmad
"The Future is in Beta"
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