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by ghostly_s 3315 days ago
I don't really care if an MRI scanner is running XP presuming it's airgapped. Your MRI scanner is airgapped...right??
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celticninja 3315 days ago
Why? It sends scanned images to doctors so it can't be airgapped. It's not a Polaroid MRI.
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smhenderson 3315 days ago
Despite the potential inconvenience I would suggest airgapped + sneaker net is a far better option for anything running XP at this point.

How hard would it be to put a supported windows on the network right next to the XP box and transfer files via flash drives?

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jessaustin 3315 days ago
One would have to enforce this, because it would be quite tempting to simply switch the network cable from the new box to the old one. Users DGAF.
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JumpCrisscross 3315 days ago
Wonder how much control the computer has over the machine. MRIs are heavy beasts. An uncontrolled quenching or erratic or unexpected protocol could injure or even kill.
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mrob 3315 days ago
An air-gap might indeed be inconvenient, but it doesn't need full network access just to send images. It can send the images to an up-to-date system over a "data diode" network.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network

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