Re: Postgre SQL SHA-256 Compliance

Anthony Burden wrote:
> validate some software with you to
> ensure that all our installed PostgreSQL software meets SHA-256 compliance.
> There is basically two things we are looking for:
> 
> 1) Identify all COTS software purchased as part of scheduled and budgeted
> technology refreshes and upgrades must be SHA-256 compliant.
> 
> 2) All DOD information systems that have been upgraded or are upgrading to
> support SHA-256 compliance must continue to maintain backwards compatibility
> with DOD's current SHA-1 credentials.
> 
> All the software we are using are:
> PostgreSQL 8.2    8.2
> 
> Can you confirm that your software is SHA-256 Compliant?

If you mean whether a SSL database connection can use SHA-256 or not,
that depends on the OpenSSL library your PostgreSQL uses.
If your OpenSSL version supports SHA-256, so does PostgreSQL.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe