In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ewan Davis
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I'd want the perimeter of trust round my practice. So I'd want a firewall where
>my practice connects to the outside world whether this was to a local WAN,
>NHSNet or a commercial ISP. I'd also want to encrypt sensitive data outside my
>perimeter of trust. Drawing the perimeter of trust round a Primary Care Group is
>less worrying that drawing it round the NHS but still not easy (where is the
>boundary if you want to include Primary Care Groups partners - providers, local
>authorities, pharmacist, etc) or safe (There are going to be too many people
>inside the perimeter not to have someone who will abuse their access rights).
Absolutely!
>
>I hope NHSNet will be repositioned as an ISP for the NHS (Not a NHSNet Intranet
>- which it cannot be) and will provide services using Internet protocols and
>provide the most cost effective route to meeting local, national and
>international connectivity requirements. It's worth waiting a couple of weeks to
>see if all the work of recent months bears fruit, if it doesn't then GP's should
>look to commercial ISPs and NHSnet is dead.
sense at last!
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Huw Thomas
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