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AES 256Bit using a key less than 256Bit Apr 04 2008 06:01PM
Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus (stefan seekline net) (3 replies)

Re: AES 256Bit using a key less than 256Bit Apr 08 2008 07:11AM
Brad Hards (bradh frogmouth net)

Re: AES 256Bit using a key less than 256Bit Apr 07 2008 03:01PM
Michael Simpson (mikie simpson gmail com)

Re: AES 256Bit using a key less than 256Bit Apr 07 2008 12:31PM
Alexander Klimov (alserkli inbox ru)

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus wrote:
> I just want to develop an application where a user can specify a
> password to encrypt something in AES 256 Bit. But the encryption library
> I use forces me to specify a key with the exact 256 Bit. So I have to
> calculate a key which is standard compliant.
>
> Does someone has an idea, hint?

Use password-based key derivation function (PBKDF2).

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