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In cryptography, a key derivation function (KDF) is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master key, a password, or a passphrase using a pseudorandom function (which typically uses a cryptographic hash function or block cipher). KDFs can be used to stretch keys into longer keys or to obtain keys of…
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| a master key | instance of | is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value | 0.80 | text |
| a password | instance of | is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value | 0.80 | text |
| or a passphrase using a pseudorandom function | instance of | is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value | 0.80 | text |
| GPUs | instance of | The growing use of massively-parallel hardware | 0.80 | text |
| FPGAs | instance of | The growing use of massively-parallel hardware | 0.80 | text |
| and even ASICs for brute-force cracking has made the selection of a suitable algorithms even more critical because the good algorithm should enforce a certain amount of computational cost not only on CPUs | instance of | The growing use of massively-parallel hardware | 0.80 | text |
| but also resist the cost/performance advantages of modern massively-parallel platforms for such tasks | instance of | The growing use of massively-parallel hardware | 0.80 | text |
| Key derivation function | related to Further reading | Percival | 0.60 | section |
| Key derivation function | related to Further reading | Colin | 0.60 | section |
| Key derivation function | related to Further reading | May | 0.60 | section |
| Key derivation function | related to Further reading | Stronger Key Derivation | 0.60 | section |
| Key derivation function | related to Further reading | Sequential Memory-Hard Functions | 0.60 | section |
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