pskinner
Joined 6 years ago
Joined 6 years ago
Its normal to secure the endpoints via network level security - ipsec etc. HL7v3 transformed into FHIR which is done over HTTPS instead.
This approach is terrible and causes the poor performance.
There are whole sets of testing "tools" for RoR projects that promote this mechanism of testing - if you're testing an API you need to use an external tool to properly hit that API.
If you're writing unit tests, write unit tests with mocked dependencies.
Just use a proper scripting language.
At my lost job we had the same.
And the one before that.
This mitigation of a risk that affects business continuity is something that all senior level people need to take seriously at any company, small or large.
This is biased material promoting a political ideal and not factual.