[AusNOG] ISDN shutdown 31 May 2022

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2022-01-13 at 05:18 +0000, Bradley Amm wrote:
> Healthcare still loves it as it’s more secure than email apparently.
> Yes let’s send test results via fax so they can sit in the machine in
> full view of anyone who goes to them

https://biplane.com.au/blog/?p=530

"Fax is point-to-point. It’s difficult to intercept except at the
endpoints, interception between the endpoints takes a lot of
specialised knowledge, and no endpoint is a honeypot. The medium is not
inherently copyable. Interception at the endpoint takes a significant
amount of time and requires the physical presence of an attacker. Any
attacker would be able to access relatively few records. Access would
be expensive and slow with very high risk of discovery (unless the
attacker was on staff in which case all communication methods would be
equally compromised), while for the legitimate user the rate of access
is easily sufficient. So fax is actually not a bad means of
transferring private data as long as the fax machines are not located
in public spaces."

Internet fax would be nice - fax machines with publicly reachable IP
addresses, protected by SSL, that just print whatever page is sent to
them. Some form of authentication would be essential of course :-)

Regards, K.

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