Pbe.Kdf2 Method (Int32, Byte[], Byte[], Int32)

Derives a key of any length from a password using the PBKDF2 algorithm from PKCS #5 v2.1

Syntax

public static byte[] Kdf2(
	int dkLen,
	byte[] pwdBytes,
	byte[] salt,
	int count
)

Public Shared Function Kdf2 ( _
	dkLen As Integer, _
	pwdBytes As Byte(), _
	salt As Byte(), _
	count As Integer _
) As Byte()

Parameters

dkLen

Required length of key in bytes

pwdBytes

Password in byte format

salt

Salt in byte format

count

Iteration count

Return Value

Key in byte[] format

Remarks

Defaults to HMAC-SHA-1 algorithm for PRF

Examples (VB.NET)

See Example1

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: PBE_Kdf2

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