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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-12 19:24:47 -0600 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-12 19:24:47 -0600 |
| commit | 2b764a1c7b42a300a6e8b1446a25fdf13aa0eabd (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #602 from alex/hkdf-docs
Be clear about HKDF's applicability for password storage
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst index 1937c2ec..d8a0e241 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ Different KDFs are suitable for different tasks such as: `HKDF`_ (HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function) is suitable for deriving keys of a fixed size used for other cryptographic operations. + .. warning:: + + HKDF should not be used for password storage. + .. doctest:: >>> import os |