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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 21:47:30 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Klaus Trainer (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-1060) CouchDB should use a secure
 password hash method instead of the current one
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Klaus Trainer commented on COUCHDB-1060:
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Thanks for clarifying.

> CouchDB should use a secure password hash method instead of the current one
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1060
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1060
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Database Core
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.2
>            Reporter: Nuutti Kotivuori
>            Priority: Minor
>
> CouchDB passwords are stored in a salted, hashed format of a 128-bit salt combined with the password under SHA-1. This method thwarts rainbow table attacks, but is utterly ineffective against any dictionary attacks as computing SHA-1 is very fast indeed.
> If passwords are to be stored in a non-plaintext equivalent format, the hash function needs to be a "slow" hash function. Suitable candidates for this could be bcrypt, scrypt and PBKDF2. Of the choices, only PBKDF2 is really widely used, standardized and goverment approved. (Note: don't be fooled that the PBKDF2 is a "key derivation" function - in this case, it is exactly the same thing as a slow password hash.)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2

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