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I don't runderstand why you would want to have mesh networks at hospitals. It is a controlled environment where you could roll out a centralised infrastructure
by xorcist 12y ago
I don't runderstand why you would want to have mesh networks at hospitals. It is a controlled environment where you could roll out a centralised infrastructure easily, with all the benefits of management, traceability and accountability that follows.
There is also "Internet" in IoT. I'm not convinced hospital equipment, like many other control systems, really should be Internet accessible.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoDisposable things? They need to be zero-configuration or they won't get used/connected at all. A mesh works that way; centralized usually doesn't.
- xorcist 12y agoI don't what disposable tech exists in hospitals, but zero-configuration mesh means no authentication, and I think most medical data is far too sensitive for that.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoor... automatic authentication
- xorcist 12y agoWhat's the difference? Or did I just have a "whoosh" moment (when a joke went over my head)?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoNo, you can provision new devices into the network automatically. True somebody could be watching; but if they miss it then the device proceeds with secure data streams.