Re: New student username/password

["Jenkins, Matthew" <matthew.jenkins () FAIRMONTSTATE EDU>]

Once students are in our system, they can register for an account using
some personal information to verify their identity.  The site allows
them to create the account, set their password and hint question, and
gets whatever other information we need to gather at that point.

Matt

Matthew Jenkins
Network/Server Administrator
Fairmont State University
Visit us online at www.fairmontstate.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Aaron
Cayard-Roberts
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:42 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] New student username/password

Hello,

For years we've had students wait until they are on campus and have 
attended a tech session before we give them their username and password.

  We've been under a lot of pressure to change this so that the students

will be able to access campus services over the summer which require a 
username and password.

I'm wondering how other institutions are handling this situation in a 
secure way.

Thanks,
Aaron


-- 
Aaron Cayard-Roberts
Applications and Security Administrator
Earlham College Computing Services
801 National Road West
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765-983-1851