<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Jesse is correct. The minute your lawyer customers realize that the fax confirmation page their fax spit out was not a result of direct acknowledgment from the far end fax machine, they freak out.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">And if they don't freak out, then it is time to encourage them to finally ditch this legacy method of document transmittal in favor of something more modern.</div><br></div><div><br>On Mar 17, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Jesse Howard <<a href="mailto:jhoward@ShoreTel.com">jhoward@ShoreTel.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>It is important to keep in mind that analog fax machines have been considered compliant through policy for decades - i.e. compliance is not something technology alone can provide. The policies around the mediums of access, transport and storage of the objects in question are of more value than the technology itself in terms of compliance.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-Jesse</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: Peter Rad. [<a href="mailto:peter@4isps.com">mailto:peter@4isps.com</a>]</span><br><span>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:01 AM</span><br><span>To: <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a></span><br><span>Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Audiocodes MP202B fax-to-https ATA</span><br><span></span><br><span>Has anyone checked if the store and forward is HIPAA/HITECH compliant?</span><br><span>Even the fax server would need encryption and security (if any fax contained ePHI).</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On 3/16/2015 4:45 PM, Jay Hennigan wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>We've recently become aware of the Audiocodes MP-202B ATA that sits at a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>customer premise, captures transmission from a fax machine, and sends it</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>via HTTPS to a remote server. We are considering this as a solution to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>some specific problematic fax-over-IP situations.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have a few concerns, and am wondering if anyone on the list has used</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>these units and what your experience is with them, good, bad, or ugly.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Specifically:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>* Does the ATA receive the entire fax and then send it over HTTPS? If</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>so, is there a limitation on the number of pages or size of data?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>* Does the sending fax get an accurate report of failure if the actual</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>destination fax is unreachable (busy, no answer, wrong number, out of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>paper, etc.) once the transmission is accepted by the local Audiocodes</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>box, or do they get an "OK" report in error?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>* What goes on the other end? Is there a bigger version Audiocodes box</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that connects to a PRI or other TDM connection to the PSTN?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>* Are there competing products that we should be considering?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Audiocodes website is somewhat lacking in terms of technical detail</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and I have a call into them but wanted to get some feedback from the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>community about this and similar solutions.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - <a href="mailto:jay@impulse.net">jay@impulse.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Impulse Internet Service - <a href="http://www.impulse.net/">http://www.impulse.net/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>VoiceOps mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org">VoiceOps@voiceops.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Peter Radizeski @ RAD-INFO INC</span><br><span>Circuits * Bandwidth * Consulting</span><br><span>(813) 963-5884</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span>This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. 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