The Oct 98 Scientific American has an account of how to get around a
firewall. It is a story with a moral ... of course, but the techniques used
are interesting.
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Stephen Crawshaw
Townsville, Australia.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Trefor Roscoe
Subject: RE: Laptop + NHS net
>A firewall that is able to properly monitor the contents of the files
passing in both directions is a very complex bit of kit.
>Several HA's are bleating about firewalls in every surgery. They may only
mean something that just tells you who has gone where or a
>variation of the cybersitter that only allows access to http://nww.whatever
addresses or recognised IP addresses. These are easy to
>swith off and can be got round. Any security that makes people feel better
without actually working is going to make things worse. I
>am still very worried about what might happen if we all get connected and
not enough clinicians understand the complexities of the
>security situation. What is even more worrying is that some HA's IT people
dont understand it.
>
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