pbeKdf2

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

Syntax

Public Function pbeKdf2 ( _
    dkBytes As Long, _
    lpPwd() As Byte, _
    lpSalt() As Byte, _
    nCount As Long, _
    nOptions As Long _
) As Byte()

Parameters

dkBytes

Required length of key in bytes.

lpPwd

Password encoded as byte array.

lpSalt

Salt in a byte array.

nCount

Iteration count.

nOptions

Hash algorithm to use in HMAC PRF. Select one from:

API_HMAC_SHA1
API_HMAC_SHA224
API_HMAC_SHA256
API_HMAC_SHA384
API_HMAC_SHA512
API_HMAC_MD5

Return Value