full-disclosure - Emailing SSN info

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From: michaelx.ham at intel.com (Ham, MichaelX)
Subject: Emailing SSN info

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

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Curt Purdy 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:04 PM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.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.

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

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