RE: Memory Allocation Question

I agree whole heartedly.  Bad enough they can steal your identity without 
any help, no need in making it easy for them.

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
A1C 5M2
Tel: 709-576-8132
Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.stjohns.ca/
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>>>  * Use the Social Security Number as the customer number if SSN is
valid. 

I would rethink this idea of using the SSN as the customer number. I don't
like the use of the SSN as a identifier. It's a privacy/identity theft
issue. In fact, the prescription plan at work just issued new ID cards,
changing the account number from the SSN to another number. 
I'd be concerned about liability if a customer's identity was comprised
because of the use of the SSN as the account number.

Steve Morrison
Beacon Insurance
940-720-4672 

-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Lapeyre [mailto:flapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:39 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Memory Allocation Question

I have a routine to kinda/sorta validate Social Security numbers. There 
are
some obvious bad combinations. Here it is:

      * Social Security Number broken down into parts 
     D                 DS                  Inz 
     D  Key_Ssn                       9  0 
     D   Area                         3  0 Overlay(Key_Ssn) 
     D   Group                        2  0 Overlay(Key_Ssn:*NEXT)
     D   Serial                       4  0 Overlay(Key_Ssn:*NEXT)

     D   SSN_Ok                        N   Inz(*OFF)
 
      * Determine if SSN is valid.

      * Use the Social Security Number as the customer number if SSN is
valid. 
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