Not only is it a bad idea, but it might be illegal.
I'd suggest that you do something else, a generated numeric ID, that has an
index in the mainframe that internally ties it to the SSN.
Good luck, I know that I'd seriously consider leaving that school if I were
a student and learned that was t
The student ID system here at Indiana University is SSN #'s, but we do have
regular 8-character usernames for domain authentication. The SSN #'s become
a problem when a faculty member begins to store rosters on his computer, and
then gets hacked by CodeRed or something. I would recommend getting a
We use a Personal ID Number that is generated internally. This info is
stored in the EmployeeID property in the Active Directory. I have been
investigating various means of "hiding" this property, with mixed success.
Basically the number means nothing except when on campus, so we really
haven't
We can use SSN here and that is how all public institutions track students.
If student request not to use the SSN then we provide another number to use.
We have had very few request to do this.
Our VMS system will restrict the display of the SSN and only show name and
things like that, but W2K wi
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