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313d40330Schristos=head1 NAME
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513d40330SchristosEVP_BytesToKey - password based encryption routine
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713d40330Schristos=head1 SYNOPSIS
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913d40330Schristos #include <openssl/evp.h>
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1113d40330Schristos int EVP_BytesToKey(const EVP_CIPHER *type, const EVP_MD *md,
1213d40330Schristos                    const unsigned char *salt,
1313d40330Schristos                    const unsigned char *data, int datal, int count,
1413d40330Schristos                    unsigned char *key, unsigned char *iv);
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1613d40330Schristos=head1 DESCRIPTION
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1813d40330SchristosEVP_BytesToKey() derives a key and IV from various parameters. B<type> is
1913d40330Schristosthe cipher to derive the key and IV for. B<md> is the message digest to use.
2013d40330SchristosThe B<salt> parameter is used as a salt in the derivation: it should point to
2113d40330Schristosan 8 byte buffer or NULL if no salt is used. B<data> is a buffer containing
2213d40330SchristosB<datal> bytes which is used to derive the keying data. B<count> is the
2313d40330Schristositeration count to use. The derived key and IV will be written to B<key>
2413d40330Schristosand B<iv> respectively.
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2613d40330Schristos=head1 NOTES
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2813d40330SchristosA typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an
2913d40330Schristosencryption algorithm from a password in the B<data> parameter.
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3113d40330SchristosIncreasing the B<count> parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it
3213d40330Schristosharder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number
3313d40330Schristosof candidate passwords.
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3513d40330SchristosIf the total key and IV length is less than the digest length and
3613d40330SchristosB<MD5> is used then the derivation algorithm is compatible with PKCS#5 v1.5
3713d40330Schristosotherwise a non standard extension is used to derive the extra data.
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3913d40330SchristosNewer applications should use a more modern algorithm such as PBKDF2 as
4013d40330Schristosdefined in PKCS#5v2.1 and provided by PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC.
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4213d40330Schristos=head1 KEY DERIVATION ALGORITHM
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4413d40330SchristosThe key and IV is derived by concatenating D_1, D_2, etc until
4513d40330Schristosenough data is available for the key and IV. D_i is defined as:
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4713d40330Schristos        D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt)
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4913d40330Schristoswhere || denotes concatenation, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest
5013d40330Schristosalgorithm in use, HASH^1(data) is simply HASH(data), HASH^2(data)
5113d40330Schristosis HASH(HASH(data)) and so on.
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5313d40330SchristosThe initial bytes are used for the key and the subsequent bytes for
5413d40330Schristosthe IV.
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5613d40330Schristos=head1 RETURN VALUES
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5813d40330SchristosIf B<data> is NULL, then EVP_BytesToKey() returns the number of bytes
5913d40330Schristosneeded to store the derived key.
6013d40330SchristosOtherwise, EVP_BytesToKey() returns the size of the derived key in bytes,
6113d40330Schristosor 0 on error.
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6313d40330Schristos=head1 SEE ALSO
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6513d40330SchristosL<evp(7)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
6613d40330SchristosL<PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3)>,
6713d40330SchristosL<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>
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6913d40330Schristos=head1 COPYRIGHT
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7113d40330SchristosCopyright 2001-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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73*b0d17251SchristosLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
7413d40330Schristosthis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
7513d40330Schristosin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
7613d40330SchristosL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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