RE: Emailing SSN info

["Ham, MichaelX" <michaelx.ham () intel com>]

Agreed.  It's a bad idea.  Why not scp it or another direct connect
transfer. Like put it on a secured website locked down for the receiver
to get to via IP and password.  

-mwh



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[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Curt Purdy 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:04 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com; Tony Gettig
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Emailing SSN info

Tony Gettig wrote:
> Higher management wants to
> email a zipped data export (presumbably password protected) to a vendor
> that includes the Social Security Number for employees.

Yes, it's a bad idea.  Even if it is password, it can be cracked, just a
matter of time.  If managment insists on this course, at least encrypt
it with PGP or S/MIME.



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Curt Purdy CISSP MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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