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Re: Spanning tree melt down ?
From: Bohdan Tashchuk <tashchuk () easystreet com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:39:22 -0800
Minimal social engineering plus a weak network security infrastructure is a disaster waiting to happen for any major medical facility.
You forgot to mention probable political infighting. And maybe inexperienced leadership. My favorite snippet from the article is: Dr. John Halamka, the former emergency-room physician who runs Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's gigantic computer network. Is a physician, after years of medical school, internship, residency, etc. the right person to be in charge of a "gigantic" computer network? Are arteries and veins the equivalent of fiber and CAT-5? I'd love to be the Cisco rep selling $3 million of new network equipment to this guy. What is the probability that he as ANY idea what "spanning tree protocol" means?
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