US VISA CISP PCI comp. needs SHA1

Started by Matthew Wetmorealmost 18 years ago3 messages
#1Matthew Wetmore
testroom@secomintl.com

Not sure if I posted in correct spot....

pg_8.2.6
Centos5
Windows based app.
encryped pwd = yes
SSL = yes,
hostssl with explicit IP w/md5. (no pg_crypto)

We are in process of VISA CISP PCI compliance for our application.
(online cc auth - no stored cc data) [next phase will include stored cc
data]

We just heard back today that they would like to use SHA1 for pwd auth.

does anyone have any doco that will support md5 vs. SHA1?

We also have global customers so we understand the us v non-US export stuff.

Any direction is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

/matthew wetmore

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#2Alvaro Herrera
alvherre@commandprompt.com
In reply to: Matthew Wetmore (#1)
Re: US VISA CISP PCI comp. needs SHA1

Matthew Wetmore wrote:

We just heard back today that they would like to use SHA1 for pwd auth.

Why would anyone want to do something so pointless?

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#3Andrew Dunstan
andrew@dunslane.net
In reply to: Matthew Wetmore (#1)
Re: US VISA CISP PCI comp. needs SHA1

Matthew Wetmore wrote:

Not sure if I posted in correct spot....

pg_8.2.6
Centos5
Windows based app.
encryped pwd = yes
SSL = yes,
hostssl with explicit IP w/md5. (no pg_crypto)

We are in process of VISA CISP PCI compliance for our application.
(online cc auth - no stored cc data) [next phase will include stored cc
data]

We just heard back today that they would like to use SHA1 for pwd auth.

does anyone have any doco that will support md5 vs. SHA1?

We also have global customers so we understand the us v non-US export stuff.

Any direction is appreciated.

You could use pg_crypto plus application level passwords.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, there is no security virtue in
swapping MD5 password hashing in Postgres for SHA1.

cheers

andrew