Re: Stanford Hack Exposes 10,000

[Bob Vaughan <techie () tantivy tantivy net>]

> * Jon Lewis:
>
> > How hard is it for a university to generate their own student "serial
> > numbers" as students register?
>
> It's probably hard to restructure your databases and rewrite most of
> your software. 8-(
>
> Of course, any unique identifier will do, but it's hard to make the
> switch.


Stanford's student/faculty/staff ID system is not based on SSN's, and
it has been in place for a number of years.  I don't think the previous
system was based on SSN's either.

Which brings up the question of why SSN's would be in the career center
database in the first place.



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