PBKDF2 - KaveriBridge/crypto GitHub Wiki

About

• Stands for "Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2"

Process

• DK = PBKDF2(PRF, Password, Salt, c, dkLen)
• where:
  • PRF is a pseudorandom function of two parameters with output length hLen (e.g., a keyed HMAC)
  • Password is the master password from which a derived key is generated
  • Salt is a sequence of bits, known as a cryptographic salt
  • c is the number of iterations desired
  • dkLen is the desired bit-length of the derived key
  • DK is the generated derived key

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