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gquere | 1 year ago

Technically bcrypt isn't a KDF.

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kragen|1 year ago

Hmm, isn't it?

Genbox|1 year ago

It isn't. You cannot derive an arbitrary length key with bcrypt.

sushibowl|1 year ago

A key (hah!) property of key derivation functions is that they allow you to customize the key that you get out, mainly because you may need a specific length (e.g. 512 bits) for whatever encryption algorithm you're using. bcrypt lacks this functionality: you only ever get 192 bits of hash.