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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:45:18 +0400
From: gremlin@...mlin.ru
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Source of bad password hashing practices? MySQL manual...
On 08-Oct-2013 19:57:52 -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> It's come to my attention recently that the MySQL reference
> manual is recommending very poor password hashing practices
> as part of its security guidelines:
> "Do not store cleartext passwords in your database.
This is primary and undoubtedly correct recommendation.
> If your computer becomes compromised, the intruder can take
> the full list of passwords and use them.
True.
> Instead, use SHA2(), SHA1(), MD5(), or some other one-way
> hashing function and store the hash value."
Well, hashing functions may be reverted using rainbow tables, but
even this simple recommendation pushes web developers to think
about their sites' security.
> (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/security-guidelines.html)
This document is destined for people who never cared of security,
so I'd suggest only one addition:
"To prevent password recovery using the rainbow tables, don't use
these functions on a plain password; instead, choose some string
to be used as a salt, and use hash(hash(password)+salt) values."
> With MySQL being one of the major traditional "LAMP stack"
> components, I wonder if this is the source from which many
> web developers are getting their ideas on how to do password
> hashing. What is the proper procedure for publicizing
> documentation bugs like this which are leading to poor
> security practice, and for getting them fixed?
This is not a bug, this is incompleteness. Minor one, I'd say...
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