RFC 6070 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

PKCS #5: Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 Test Vectors

Overview

RFC 6070, “PKCS #5: Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 Test Vectors”, is an Informational document published in January 2011 by S. Josefsson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document contains test vectors for the Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #5 Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) with the Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) pseudorandom function. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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