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Does this mean that every PIN, including the already-used ones that all of us have, will still be usable once after January 24? Or does it mean that as of January 24, the PINs for all currently active accounts immediately become unusable? In other words, if I try to use the PIN for my current wolfc account (which was activated many years ago) on January 25, will that count as my first activation and be allowed, or will it be a reactivation, and thus prohibited? Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:19 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] One-time PIN for faculty/staff NetID > activation takes effect January 24 > > On Tuesday, January 24, the process for activating MSU NetIDs > will change for members of the MSU community who are not > students (i.e., faculty, staff, and other affiliated people > such as guest scholars). > As of that date, the PIN (Personal Information Number) used to > activate non-student accounts will be usable only once. Should the > NetID owner need to re-activate his or her account at a > future time, he or she will need to request a new PIN using this form: > > https://netid.msu.edu/pinrequestinfo.html > > This change will provide improved security for NetIDs associated with > faculty and staff. If after an account is activated PIN information > falls into the wrong hands due to loss or theft, it will not > be possible for another person to use the PIN to reset the > password in an attempt to steal the NetID > > This change will NOT affect activation for MSU NetIDs > associated with students. Students who lose their passwords > will be able to re-activate accounts using their assigned > access numbers. > > The change will take place at 7:00 a.m. on January 24 and > will require netid.msu.edu services to be offline for a brief > interval, probably only a few minutes. > > Information concerning the status of this change will be available at: > http://servicestatus.msu.edu . > > /rich >