Re: Newbie naive question, perhaps - - be kind
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Re: Newbie naive question, perhaps - - be kind

From: Paul Rubin <//phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid>
Date: Sun Oct 16 2005 - 17:53:48 CEST

"John E. Hadstate" <jh113355@hotmail.com> writes:
> > I'm a psychologist in a state psychiatric center. My
> > understanding is that the server used for PHI is not encrypted,
>
> If what you say is literally true, it's yet another case of
> "the Emperor's new clothes." If you're transmitting
> plaintext over a party-line network (and who isn't),

I read "server is not encrypted" as saying that the server's files
were stored in the clear on the hard drive instead of using an
encrypted drive. Whether the network traffic is encrypted is a
separate question.
Received on Mon Oct 17 20:48:26 2005