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| author | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-02-12 14:01:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-02-12 14:01:05 -0800 |
| commit | 719907c863ba9a5b61a1a056366e23e1100516e8 (patch) | |
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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..da47ccd3 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ 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. + **HKDF should not be used for password storage.** .. doctest:: |