Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed running on postgresql 8.1

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:58:29AM +1000, Tim Churches wrote:

> We have been using NetEpi with PG 8.1.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4
> Update 4 and pyPgSQL v2.5.1 with not the slightest problem. We just used
> the RHEL RPMs from the official PostgreSQL web site. RHEL v4.4 ships
> with PG 7.4, whcih is disappointing. We considered switching to Novell
> SuSE Linux (we have to use a distro on an official "govt contract"
> list), but the SElinux mandatory access control stuff built into RHEL
> does offer some significant security benefits (once properly set up -
> not easy, we are still fiddling with it) for anything running via an
> Internet-facing Web interface (as NetEpi does). Probably not an issue
> for GNUmed running on clinic/practice internal LANs.
Well, given that internet access is desirable for access to
clinical resouces I do think SELinux is desirable, too,
depending on circumstances. Just to get that extra bit of
protection. Even if the GNUmed database/client themselves
don't need the internet access.

Karsten
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