In XML encryption 1.1, the PBKDF2-params/KeyLength is superfluous from Pratik Datta on 2011-10-04 (public-xmlsec@w3.org from October 2011)

From: Pratik Datta <pratik.datta@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:12:39 -0700 (PDT)
To: public-xmlsec@w3.org
Message-ID: <62fdf827-5c76-4c96-9140-08895affc0b9@default>

Can we remove the  KeyLength parameter in  PBKDF2 ?

 

In the other two key derivation functions - ConcatKDF and LegacyKeyDerivation, the length of the key to be derived is not specified , rather it needs to be inferred from the context.  We should have PBKDF2  also behave similarly.  

 

 

Pratik

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