Re: a hospital, a down-town clinic, wireless pc and the need for simple security

"DaleLarsonTX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> This might be simple, and I am hoping that it is.
>
> I work for a medical clinic which is connected remotely with a central
> hospital. We have a very secure network, which I don't fully understand,
> between us and the hospital. The hospital is essentially a "hub" for our
clinic
> and several others, most in rural locations. Where I work, however, is
right
> down town.
>
> Right now I am sitting in a Coffee house a block from work. I have my
personal
> laptop, and I am connected to the Internet using a wireless connection and
AOL
> (yuk, but it works).
>
> So......   is there a security risk (my guess is there is) if I bring my
lap
> top into work, get a wireless connection to the net, and ALSO plug it into
the
> hospital's network?
>
> I talked with our sysadmin about this, and he said, "NO," but the clinic
> administrator said that it should be possible to set up some kind of
software
> firewall / VPN system so that the Doc's personal machines are isolated
from the
> rest of the nework.


A VPN can protect your network from invaders.

Does your current hardwired network have internet access?