certainly; linux has cryptmount and encrypted s2disk to help with this task.
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 15:53 +1000, Peter Machell wrote: > On 27/03/2007, at 3:50 PM, Tim Churches wrote: > > > Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > > > > > Doctors should ask if they don't know. Most if not all GP's has a > > > PC at > > > > > > home (or their kids has one). Install your software at home & > > > test > > > > > > backup-restore there. > > > > > > > > > I really don't want to think about the security and privacy hazards > > > > associated with restoring a database chock full of highly > > confidential, > > > > fully identified patient medical data onto a teenager's home PC... > > Or > > > > any home PC, for that matter, given that the degree of physical, > > > > anti-virus/anti-trojan and firewall protection afforded to home PCs > > > > rarely meets the standard required for general practice computer > > networks. > > > > > > Does anyone else see a problem with what Cedric is suggesting? > > > > > No, doctors are smart people, they don't have PCs at home. I'm sure it > will be going onto an encrypted virtual machine on their Mac or Linux > computer, without network contact to the outside world. > > > Or at least it will be come accreditation standards V4. > > > Peter. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
