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PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.1

RFC 8018

January 2017

Category: Informational
ISSN: 2070-1721

Editors:

  • K. Moriarty, Ed., Dell EMC
  • B. Kaliski, Verisign
  • A. Rusch, RSA

Abstract​

This document provides recommendations for the implementation of password-based cryptography, covering key derivation functions, encryption schemes, message authentication schemes, and ASN.1 syntax identifying the techniques.

This document represents a republication of PKCS #5 v2.1 from RSA Laboratories' Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) series. By publishing this RFC, change control is transferred to the IETF.

This document also obsoletes RFC 2898.

Status of This Memo​

This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.

Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8018.

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