On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 11:00:40AM +0800, Yu Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
> The request is that, we'd like to generate a symmetric key derived from
> user provided passphase(not rely on any third-party library). May I know if
> there is a PBKDF2(Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2) support in the
> kernel? (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2898#5.2)
> We have hmac sha1 in the kernel, do we have plan to port/implement
> corresponding PBKDF2 in the kernel too?

The rule for adding crypto code to the kernel is simple, there
must be an in-kernel user of the algorithm.

Cheers,
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