With the new version of the Broker it is possible to tunnel the connection securely between the client and server on Linux at least, and although I have not investigated this with Cache, I assume since Open SSH can be run on Windows, the same should be true in that setting.
On Saturday 30 July 2005 08:17 am, Zeno Davatz wrote: > On 7/29/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't repeat this often enough: TCP/IP facilities in MUMPS are very > > primitive, so programmers will always find themselves relying on ad hoc > > mechanisms such as this. > > Ok, now this is quite nice I guess. In my personal opinion > OpenVistaServer is quite lucky to still only have very primitive > TCP/IP facilities. To me that means the way to go is still very open! > > So I would like to take this opportunity to make a suggestion or ask a > few questions: > > Why not focus on a modern OpenSource Technology/ Protocol that Linux > is building on/with as well; like Rsync, SSH, GPG? With Rsync, SSH and > GPG you get security, speed and reliability and another good community > connection, that I'm sure is willing to provide thier technology for > the OpenVista Server. > > I believe that the connection between client (ie Windwos GUI) and > server (ie Linux) will be one of the very most _utmost_ used basic > features in OpenVista. Just making that connection work reliably will > lay the foundation for many User Stories and services. Imagine the > data of a patient being transfered encrypted over the network to the > computer of another doctor (ie. via the internet or the local > network). With GPG these connections can always be made encrypted for > every single user. > > I can tell from what I have seen in Switzerland, that the PGP (GPG in > Linux) encryption works very well for encrypting and transferring > patient data over the network, local or internet. What I do not like > about the solution in Switzerland is, that the solutions provider is > a) just on company not going open source and b) not yet thinking too > much in Open Standards. Also the actual software running on the > doctors desktop does not yet connect that well with encryption > technology that transfers the data over the internet for example to > the insurance company. > > With a small markets as Switzerland (8 Mio population) that may work > in the beginning but not for the long run. That is why I'm so > interested in OpenVista ;)! > > Thanks > Zeno > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=Click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
