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3=head1 NAME
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5EVP_BytesToKey - password based encryption routine
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7=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
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11 int EVP_BytesToKey(const EVP_CIPHER *type, const EVP_MD *md,
12                    const unsigned char *salt,
13                    const unsigned char *data, int datal, int count,
14                    unsigned char *key, unsigned char *iv);
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16=head1 DESCRIPTION
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18EVP_BytesToKey() derives a key and IV from various parameters. B<type> is
19the cipher to derive the key and IV for. B<md> is the message digest to use.
20The B<salt> parameter is used as a salt in the derivation: it should point to
21an 8 byte buffer or NULL if no salt is used. B<data> is a buffer containing
22B<datal> bytes which is used to derive the keying data. B<count> is the
23iteration count to use. The derived key and IV will be written to B<key>
24and B<iv> respectively.
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26=head1 NOTES
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28A typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an
29encryption algorithm from a password in the B<data> parameter.
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31Increasing the B<count> parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it
32harder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number
33of candidate passwords.
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35If the total key and IV length is less than the digest length and
36B<MD5> is used then the derivation algorithm is compatible with PKCS#5 v1.5
37otherwise a non standard extension is used to derive the extra data.
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39Newer applications should use a more modern algorithm such as PBKDF2 as
40defined in PKCS#5v2.1 and provided by PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC.
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42=head1 KEY DERIVATION ALGORITHM
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44The key and IV is derived by concatenating D_1, D_2, etc until
45enough data is available for the key and IV. D_i is defined as:
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47        D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt)
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49where || denotes concatenation, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest
50algorithm in use, HASH^1(data) is simply HASH(data), HASH^2(data)
51is HASH(HASH(data)) and so on.
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53The initial bytes are used for the key and the subsequent bytes for
54the IV.
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56=head1 RETURN VALUES
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58If B<data> is NULL, then EVP_BytesToKey() returns the number of bytes
59needed to store the derived key.
60Otherwise, EVP_BytesToKey() returns the size of the derived key in bytes,
61or 0 on error.
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63=head1 SEE ALSO
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65L<evp(7)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
66L<PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3)>,
67L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>
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69=head1 COPYRIGHT
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71Copyright 2001-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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73Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
74this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
75in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
76L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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