Reply From: Len Flatley <lennyt_private> > Forwarded From: Aleph One <aleph1t_private> > > http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/117/Keene_Hacker.htm > > KEENE, N.H. (AP) - Keene State College officials are trying to learn > how someone could retrieve names and Social Security numbers from the > college's computer network. If the Keene State College is run like Edinboro University in PA (where I grew up), or any number of schools in the country, obtaining a students name, birthdate and social security number would probably be no more difficult than taking the dorm room assignment list posted in the dorms at the beginning of the semester. and since EUPs username scheme is a combination of the person's initials and SSN, and the default password is the students numerical birthdate, getting an account to use was and still is a piece of cake for nonstudents living in the area. i have worked in a few universities and many still have convenient/stupid policies like this. Len Flatley Velocity.Network Systems Administration -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Dimensional Communications (www.dim.com)
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