RFC 8018: PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.1

This document provides recommendations for the implementation of password-based cryptography, covering key derivation functions, encryption schemes, message…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2898: PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.0
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 9579: Use of Password-Based Message Authentication Code 1 (PBMAC1) in PKCS #12 Syntax
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9879: Use of Password-Based Message Authentication Code 1 (PBMAC1) in PKCS #12 Syntax
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9580: OpenPGP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9481: Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Algorithms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8120: Mutual Authentication Protocol for HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8152: CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9380: Hashing to Elliptic Curves
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8913: Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) YANG Data Model
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9807: The OPAQUE Augmented Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (aPAKE) Protocol