EVP_KDF-PVKKDF - The PVK EVP_KDF implementation
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3.5.0 2025-06-04 EVP_KDF-PVKKDF(7SSL)
Description
Support for computing the PVKKDF PIN-based KDF through the EVP_KDF API.
The EVP_KDF-PVKKDF algorithm implements a PVK PIN-based key derivation function; it derives a key from a
password using a salt.
Identity
"PVKKDF" is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function.
Supportedparameters
The supported parameters are:
"pass" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PASSWORD) <octet string>
"salt" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SALT) <octet string>
"properties" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PROPERTIES) <UTF8 string>
"digest" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST) <UTF8 string>
These parameters work as described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_KDF(3).
History
This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.2.
Name
EVP_KDF-PVKKDF - The PVK EVP_KDF implementation
Notes
A typical application of this algorithm is to derive keying material for an encryption algorithm from a
password in the "pass" and a salt in "salt".
No assumption is made regarding the given password; it is simply treated as a byte sequence.
The legacy provider needs to be available in order to access this algorithm.
See Also
EVP_KDF(3), EVP_KDF_CTX_new(3), EVP_KDF_CTX_free(3), EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params(3), EVP_KDF_derive(3), "PARAMETERS" in EVP_KDF(3), OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy(7)
