Kirk Job Sluder wrote: > Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Kirk Job Sluder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>We're told there is already a secure database in the picture >>somewhere, or at least one that unescapeably contains cleartext SSN's, >>so that's the system that should assign the ID numbers and handle >>SSN-based queries. > > Well, IMO just having cleartext SSNs is questionable practice unless you > need those SSNs to report to some other agency that takes SSNs.
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