Can you close this one as "wontfix" then Jim?

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim 
Schaad
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:53 PM
To: 'Matt Miller (mamille2)'; 'jose issue tracker'
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [jose] #182: PBSE2 should be PBKDF2



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Miller (mamille2) [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 10:29 AM
> To: jose issue tracker
> Cc: <[email protected]>;
> <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [jose] #182: PBSE2 should be PBKDF2
> 
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:10 PM, jose issue tracker 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > #182: PBSE2 should be PBKDF2
> >
> > In going back and scanning RFC 2898, PBES2 combines a password-based
> key
> > derivation function, which shall be PBKDF2 (Section 5.2) for this
version
> > of PKCS #5, with an underlying encryption scheme.
> >
> > However we are just using it as a KDF function rather than the 
> > combined function.
> >
> 
> That is not correct.  The (encrypt) algorithm expects a Content 
> Encryption Key as an input, and the output is the wrapped Content 
> Encryption Key, not the derived key.

As long as we never implement PBES2-HS256+Direct then I can agree with this.

Jim

> 
> 
> - m&m
> 
> Matt Miller < [email protected] >
> Cisco Systems, Inc.

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