It seems that SSL would be HIPAA compliant since the regulations are
intended to be "technology neutral". Specifically according to CMS:

"We remain committed to
the principle of technology neutrality
and agree with the comment that
rapidly changing technology makes it
impractical and inappropriate to name a
specific technology. Consistent with this
principle, specification of an algorithm
strength or specific products would be
inappropriate. Moreover, rapid
advances in the success of ''brute force''
cryptanalysis techniques suggest that
any minimum specification would soon
be outmoded. We maintain that it is
much more appropriate for this final
rule to state a general requirement for
encryption protection when necessary
and depend on covered entities to
specify technical details, such as
algorithm types and strength."


Steven B. Tomlinson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui
www.PacificHui.org




> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd
> Berman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:48 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] CPRS HTTPS (was CPRSchart not
> connection...)
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 14:22 -0700, Jim Self wrote:
> > I wonder, has anyone given serious thought to having a CPRS 
> client connect to the RPC
> > broker via HTTPS (HTTP + SSL)? That would seem to me to be 
> the ideal solution for
> > connecting internet accessible services.
> > 
> 
> That is basically (well, a bit simplified way of looking at it, but
> close to the same) what we are doing, so I was curious if for some
> reason SSL has been thrown out as not HIPPA compliant for 
> some reason or
> another.
> 
> --Todd
> 
> 
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