From aba277548b76071e75fc9478002a6fc2145f64f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Austein Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:31:22 +0000 Subject: Tag vendor OpenSSL 0.9.8d svn path=/openssl/vendor/0.9.8d; revision=376 --- .../vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 openssl/vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod (limited to 'openssl/vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod') diff --git a/openssl/vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod b/openssl/vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d375c46e --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/vendor/0.9.8d/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +EVP_BytesToKey - password based encryption routine + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include + + int EVP_BytesToKey(const EVP_CIPHER *type,const EVP_MD *md, + const unsigned char *salt, + const unsigned char *data, int datal, int count, + unsigned char *key,unsigned char *iv); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +EVP_BytesToKey() derives a key and IV from various parameters. B is +the cipher to derive the key and IV for. B is the message digest to use. +The B paramter is used as a salt in the derivation: it should point to +an 8 byte buffer or NULL if no salt is used. B is a buffer containing +B bytes which is used to derive the keying data. B is the +iteration count to use. The derived key and IV will be written to B +and B respectively. + +=head1 NOTES + +A typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an +encryption algorithm from a password in the B parameter. + +Increasing the B parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it +harder for an attacker to peform a brute force attack using a large number +of candidate passwords. + +If the total key and IV length is less than the digest length and +B is used then the derivation algorithm is compatible with PKCS#5 v1.5 +otherwise a non standard extension is used to derive the extra data. + +Newer applications should use more standard algorithms such as PKCS#5 +v2.0 for key derivation. + +=head1 KEY DERIVATION ALGORITHM + +The key and IV is derived by concatenating D_1, D_2, etc until +enough data is available for the key and IV. D_i is defined as: + + D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt) + +where || denotes concatentaion, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest +algorithm in use, HASH^1(data) is simply HASH(data), HASH^2(data) +is HASH(HASH(data)) and so on. + +The initial bytes are used for the key and the subsequent bytes for +the IV. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +EVP_BytesToKey() returns the size of the derived key in bytes. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L, L, +L + +=head1 HISTORY + +=cut -- cgit v1.2.3