Ahmad wrote:-
>
>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.
But in fact there is no real "network". If I booted up from cold each
morning it is a simple process to run Dejavu from Dos, hit Alt X, and
you are faced with an id & password request. There is a further
password request after that. If I leave the PC on, and have logged
right out of the system, the id/password1/password2 still applies.
We leave the main CPU on all night, as we back up after we have all gone
home..(taking the previous backup out of the building).. We _could_ shut
down the whole system and leave it off all night, but I don't think the
system likes booting up from cold every day..(?Ewan)... (we do frequent
shutdowns anyway)..
I constantly nag the staff...(and partners?).. to log out to at least
one password if they leave any screen unattended, and right out when
finished a session. I don't really think turning any PC off in this
Xenix congfiguration increases security.
I agree wholeheartedly about the bio-recognition... but would it
recognise me after a hard week-ends drinking??
--
Chris Pearson
Aldershot Health Centre
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