MWCryptHKDF.php File Reference

Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF). More...

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Classes
class	MWCryptHKDF

Detailed Description

Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF).

A cryptographically secure key expansion function based on RFC 5869.

This relies on the secrecy of $wgSecretKey (by default), or $wgHKDFSecret. By default, sha256 is used as the underlying hashing algorithm, but any other algorithm can be used. Finding the secret key from the output would require an attacker to discover the input key (the PRK) to the hmac that generated the output, and discover the particular data, hmac'ed with an evolving key (salt), to produce the PRK. Even with md5, no publicly known attacks make this currently feasible.

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Author

Chris Steipp

Definition in file MWCryptHKDF.php.