COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Wed Mar 18 16:09:09 UTC 2020

Is it so difficult to put an "override, but keep counting" button on a
device like this?

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:04 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
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> On 17/Mar/20 20:06, Owen DeLong wrote:
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> > I don’t get this… X-Ray machines (and other critical medical equipment) should operate in a fail-safe mode where a license screw up doesn’t prevent the machine from operating.
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> > If the hospital hasn’t paid up, find a way to go after the hospital, but don’t kill patients to collect your fee.
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> For my very simple 1+1 mind, I totally agree.
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> Perhaps, it's far easier to collect (overdue) fees with a gun to your
> head, if I don't actually need to point one at you.
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> > Why should there be a license server at all? Why should an X-ray machine have an external dependency like that in the first place, even if it’s a local server?
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> My Google OnHub wireless AP is completely unmanageable if I (against
> Google's advice) run it in Bridged mode. If I want to be able to reach
> it and manage it with an app or a web site, it needs to run as a router,
> even if all I want from it is to be an AP. You can guess who long mine
> have gone without a software update, then...
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> Who knows why people come up with the BS they do?
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> Mark.

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Jeff Shultz

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