Modifications to DSF2® License and Supporting Documents

This document lists modifications to the DSF2® license agreement and supporting documents.

Reminder on SHA-256 Conversion

Licensing Announcement: Reminder on SHA-256 Conversion

As a reminder, the USPS has begun the conversion of its licensed products from SHA‐1 to SHA‐256. This conversion is based on an OIG (Office of Inspector General) recommendation to transition USPS Licensed Products to a more secure algorithm to comply with current USPS security policies.

Licensing Announcement: Issue with Downloading Both SHA-1 and SHA-256 Products on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF)

This announcement details an issue with downloading both the SHA‐1 and SHA‐256 versions of the products using the SOAP Web Services (ColdFusion).

Licensing Announcement: SHA-256 Products on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF)

To comply with the recommendations from the December 2014 Office of Inspector (OIG) audit of the NCOALink® program, the USPS® will begin the transition from SHA‐1 to SHA‐256 technology as the method for data encryption.

Licensing Announcement: Reminder on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Server Migration

As a reminder, the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website will be migrated to a new server Saturday, March 15.

Licensing Announcement: Reminder on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) for Large Files Beta Test

This licensing announcement serves as a reminder that the EPF for Large Files beta test concludes on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Licensing Announcement: DPV®/DSF2® Files to Support Hurricane Sandy

To support addresses impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the USPS® is providing vacant and no-stat information via a weekly download from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.

DPV® PBSA Records

Effective with the August release, the USPS® has included the PBSA (Post Office Box Street Address) records in the following products.

DPV® CMRA Table Expansion

Effective with the February release of the DPV® monthly data fulfillment, P.O. Box™ (PBSA) records will be added to the CMRA table.

Licensing Announcement: DSF2® Throwback Table Expansion

In an effort to provide value added enhancements to the traditional P.O. Box™ service, 3,700 postal locations are adding ‘P.O. Box Street Addresses’ (PBSA) to the AMS database.

Licensing Announcement: DPV®/DSF2® Header Files

DPV and DSF2 Products currently have a very limited header file called month.dat which only contains the product month.

Footnote Code Changes

As presented at the CASS PIT meeting on February 17, 2005, there are some changes to the Footnote codes and how to process records when there is no delivery type on a match.