[ale] [OT] AJC Article on State Welfare System

[John Mills]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Jonathan Glass wrote:

> That was my thought.  I'm going to setup a web page with my thoughts on how 
> to design this relatively simple system.  I think I can design the server 
> (Dell, HP, PenguinComputing) with ease, as long as it has redundant 
> everything, the RDBMS backend, and a demo front end using PHP+APACHE+ZOPE.
> 
> I really think this could be, and should be, an open-source project/product.
> 
> I could deploy the demo-front end and database with bogus data in a very 
> short time, but would need to have some help testing it for scalability.
> 
> A second point: This system (Systems and database administration) should be 
> as automated as possible.

A third point: I expect the system needs industrial-strength security:
access authorization, data transfer, administration, and auditability on
these. DISCLAIMER: <total_ignorance>Can one isolate the database
information and its administration from the service and user
administration? (I.e., those setting up the server and database structure
are prevented from retreiving client data in readable form.)
</total_ignorance>

 - John Mills


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