On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:58:29AM +1000, Tim Churches wrote: > We have been using NetEpi with PG 8.1.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 > Update 4 and pyPgSQL v2.5.1 with not the slightest problem. We just used > the RHEL RPMs from the official PostgreSQL web site. RHEL v4.4 ships > with PG 7.4, whcih is disappointing. We considered switching to Novell > SuSE Linux (we have to use a distro on an official "govt contract" > list), but the SElinux mandatory access control stuff built into RHEL > does offer some significant security benefits (once properly set up - > not easy, we are still fiddling with it) for anything running via an > Internet-facing Web interface (as NetEpi does). Probably not an issue > for GNUmed running on clinic/practice internal LANs. Well, given that internet access is desirable for access to clinical resouces I do think SELinux is desirable, too, depending on circumstances. Just to get that extra bit of protection. Even if the GNUmed database/client themselves don't need the internet access.
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