RFC6070

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Josefsson Request for Comments: 6070 SJD AB Category: Informational January 2011 ISSN: 2070-1721

   PKCS #5: Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2)
                          Test Vectors

Abstract

This document contains test vectors for the Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #5 Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) with the Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) pseudorandom function.

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Introduction

The Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #5 RFC2898 Password- Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) is used by several protocols to derive encryption keys from a password.

For example, Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) RFC5802 uses PBKDF2 with Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) RFC2104 and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) [FIPS.180-1.1995].

Test vectors for the algorithm were not included in the original specification, but are often useful for implementers. This document addresses the shortcoming.

PBKDF2 HMAC-SHA1 Test Vectors

The input strings below are encoded using ASCII [ANSI.X3-4.1986]. The sequence "\0" (without quotation marks) means a literal ASCII NUL value (1 octet). "DK" refers to the Derived Key.

 Input:
   P = "password" (8 octets)
   S = "salt" (4 octets)
   c = 1
   dkLen = 20

 Output:
   DK = 0c 60 c8 0f 96 1f 0e 71
        f3 a9 b5 24 af 60 12 06
        2f e0 37 a6             (20 octets)

 Input:
   P = "password" (8 octets)
   S = "salt" (4 octets)
   c = 2
   dkLen = 20

 Output:
   DK = ea 6c 01 4d c7 2d 6f 8c
        cd 1e d9 2a ce 1d 41 f0
        d8 de 89 57             (20 octets)

 Input:
   P = "password" (8 octets)
   S = "salt" (4 octets)
   c = 4096
   dkLen = 20

 Output:
   DK = 4b 00 79 01 b7 65 48 9a
        be ad 49 d9 26 f7 21 d0
        65 a4 29 c1             (20 octets)

 Input:
   P = "password" (8 octets)
   S = "salt" (4 octets)
   c = 16777216
   dkLen = 20

 Output:
   DK = ee fe 3d 61 cd 4d a4 e4
        e9 94 5b 3d 6b a2 15 8c
        26 34 e9 84             (20 octets)

 Input:
   P = "passwordPASSWORDpassword" (24 octets)
   S = "saltSALTsaltSALTsaltSALTsaltSALTsalt" (36 octets)
   c = 4096
   dkLen = 25

 Output:
   DK = 3d 2e ec 4f e4 1c 84 9b
        80 c8 d8 36 62 c0 e4 4a
        8b 29 1a 96 4c f2 f0 70
        38                      (25 octets)

 Input:
   P = "pass\0word" (9 octets)
   S = "sa\0lt" (5 octets)
   c = 4096
   dkLen = 16

 Output:
   DK = 56 fa 6a a7 55 48 09 9d
        cc 37 d7 f0 34 25 e0 c3 (16 octets)

Acknowledgements

Barry Brachman and Love Hornquist Astrand confirmed the test vectors (using independent implementations) and pointed out a mistake in the salt octet length count.

Copying Conditions

This document should be considered a Code Component and is thus available under the BSD license.

Security Considerations

The security considerations in RFC2898 apply. This document does not introduce any new security considerations.

References

Normative References

[ANSI.X3-4.1986]

           American National Standards Institute, "Coded Character
           Set - 7-bit American Standard Code for Information
           Interchange", ANSI X3.4, 1986.

RFC2104 Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-

           Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
           February 1997.

RFC2898 Kaliski, B., "PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography

           Specification Version 2.0", RFC 2898, September 2000.

[FIPS.180-1.1995]

           National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Secure
           Hash Standard", FIPS PUB 180-1, April 1995,
           <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip180-1.htm>.

Informative References

RFC5802 Newman, C., Menon-Sen, A., Melnikov, A., and N. Williams,

           "Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism
           (SCRAM) SASL and GSS-API Mechanisms", RFC 5802,
           July 2010.

Author's Address

Simon Josefsson SJD AB Hagagatan 24 Stockholm 113 47 SE

EMail: [email protected] URI: http://josefsson.org/