The design of virtual private network topology for migrating to IPv6 world

Author

Kimura, Eizen ; Norihiko, Tateishi ; Ishihara, Ken

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med. Informatics, Ehime Univ. Hosp., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

2004

Firstpage

313

Lastpage

316

Abstract

We have developed medical information network and the ORCA network (project code "online receipt computer advantage") with VPN (virtual private network) technology. The ORCA project states to use IPv6 network to realize secure medical record backup to remote data center and collecting information for EBM (evidence-based medicine). But as the spread of IPv6 network is still in early stage, and there are many problems with security related implementation, we designed to use the IPv4 based network, but also make the migration to the IPv6 network will be with minimum cost. Our approach is widely accepted and currently over 120 clinics and hospitals are connected with our virtual private network and exchange medical information.

Keywords

IP networks; Internet; medical computing; medical information systems; virtual private networks; IPv6 network; ORCA network; ORCA project; evidence-based medicine; information collection; information exchanging; medical information network; medical record backup; online receipt computer advantage; remote data center; virtual private network; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical informatics; Computer networks; Costs; Hospitals; ISDN; Internet; Network topology; Protocols; Virtual private networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications and the Internet, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2068-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAINT.2004.1266136

Filename

1266136