From 97419ce97da89f5b6f51121e2562b7d2c788dd25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pauli Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 14:46:39 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add PBKDF1 provider documentation Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15967) --- doc/man7/EVP_KDF-PBKDF1.pod | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/man7/EVP_KDF-PBKDF1.pod diff --git a/doc/man7/EVP_KDF-PBKDF1.pod b/doc/man7/EVP_KDF-PBKDF1.pod new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ae13765211d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man7/EVP_KDF-PBKDF1.pod @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +EVP_KDF-PBKDF1 - The PBKDF1 EVP_KDF implementation + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +Support for computing the B password-based KDF through the B +API. + +The EVP_KDF-PBKDF1 algorithm implements the PBKDF1 password-based key +derivation function, as described in RFC 8018; it derives a key from a password +using a salt and iteration count. + +=head2 Identity + +"PBKDF1" is the name for this implementation; it +can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function. + +=head2 Supported parameters + +The supported parameters are: + +=over 4 + +=item "pass" (B) + +=item "salt" (B) + +=item "iter" (B) + +This parameter has a default value of 0 and should be set. + +=item "properties" (B) + +=item "digest" (B) + +These parameters work as described in L. + +=back + +=head1 NOTES + +A typical application of this algorithm is to derive keying material for an +encryption algorithm from a password in the "pass", a salt in "salt", +and an iteration count. + +Increasing the "iter" parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it +harder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number +of candidate passwords. + +No assumption is made regarding the given password; it is simply treated as a +byte sequence. + +=head1 CONFORMING TO + +RFC 8018 + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L + +=head1 HISTORY + +This functionality was added to OpenSSL 3.0. + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at +L. + +=cut -- 2.47.2