The M3lcrypt Password Based Key Derivation Function

Isaiah Makwakwa

Paper 2014/294

The M3lcrypt Password Based Key Derivation Function

Isaiah Makwakwa

Abstract

M3lcrypt (canonical M3lcryptH) is a password based key derivation function built around the Merkle-Damgard hash function H. It supports large [pseudo]random salt values (>= 128-bit) and password lengths.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Applications
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: Password Based Key Derivation Function
Contact author(s): imakwakwa @ gmail com
History: 2014-04-30: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2014/294
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/294,
      author = {Isaiah Makwakwa},
      title = {The M3lcrypt Password Based Key Derivation Function},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/294},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/294}
}