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3=head1 NAME
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5PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC, PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1 - password based derivation routines with salt and iteration count
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7=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
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11 int PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(const char *pass, int passlen,
12                       const unsigned char *salt, int saltlen, int iter,
13                       const EVP_MD *digest,
14                       int keylen, unsigned char *out);
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16 int PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1(const char *pass, int passlen,
17                            const unsigned char *salt, int saltlen, int iter,
18                            int keylen, unsigned char *out);
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20=head1 DESCRIPTION
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22PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() derives a key from a password using a salt and iteration count
23as specified in RFC 2898.
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25B<pass> is the password used in the derivation of length B<passlen>. B<pass>
26is an optional parameter and can be NULL. If B<passlen> is -1, then the
27function will calculate the length of B<pass> using strlen().
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29B<salt> is the salt used in the derivation of length B<saltlen>. If the
30B<salt> is NULL, then B<saltlen> must be 0. The function will not
31attempt to calculate the length of the B<salt> because it is not assumed to
32be NULL terminated.
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34B<iter> is the iteration count and its value should be greater than or
35equal to 1. RFC 2898 suggests an iteration count of at least 1000. Any
36B<iter> value less than 1 is invalid; such values will result in failure
37and raise the PROV_R_INVALID_ITERATION_COUNT error.
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39B<digest> is the message digest function used in the derivation.
40PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1() calls PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() with EVP_sha1().
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42The derived key will be written to B<out>. The size of the B<out> buffer
43is specified via B<keylen>.
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45=head1 NOTES
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47A typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an
48encryption algorithm from a password in the B<pass>, a salt in B<salt>,
49and an iteration count.
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51Increasing the B<iter> parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it
52harder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number
53of candidate passwords.
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55These functions make no assumption regarding the given password.
56It will simply be treated as a byte sequence.
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58=head1 RETURN VALUES
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60PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() and PBKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
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62=head1 SEE ALSO
63
64L<evp(7)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
65L<EVP_BytesToKey(3)>,
66L<passphrase-encoding(7)>
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68=head1 COPYRIGHT
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70Copyright 2014-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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72Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
73this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
74in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
75L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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