include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_.
-.. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None)
+.. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(hash_name, password, salt, iterations, dklen=None)
The function provides PKCS#5 password-based key derivation function 2. It
uses HMAC as pseudorandom function.
- The string *name* is the desired name of the hash digest algorithm for
+ The string *hash_name* is the desired name of the hash digest algorithm for
HMAC, e.g. 'sha1' or 'sha256'. *password* and *salt* are interpreted as
buffers of bytes. Applications and libraries should limit *password* to
- a sensible value (e.g. 1024). *salt* should be about 16 or more bytes from
+ a sensible length (e.g. 1024). *salt* should be about 16 or more bytes from
a proper source, e.g. :func:`os.urandom`.
- The number of *rounds* should be chosen based on the hash algorithm and
- computing power. As of 2013, at least 100,000 rounds of SHA-256 is suggested.
+ The number of *iterations* should be chosen based on the hash algorithm and
+ computing power. As of 2013, at least 100,000 iterations of SHA-256 are
+ suggested.
*dklen* is the length of the derived key. If *dklen* is ``None`` then the
- digest size of the hash algorithm *name* is used, e.g. 64 for SHA-512.
+ digest size of the hash algorithm *hash_name* is used, e.g. 64 for SHA-512.
>>> import hashlib, binascii
>>> dk = hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac('sha256', b'password', b'salt', 100000)
self.assertRaises(ValueError, pbkdf2, 'sha1', b'pass', b'salt', 1, -1)
with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'unsupported hash type'):
pbkdf2('unknown', b'pass', b'salt', 1)
+ out = pbkdf2(hash_name='sha1', password=b'password', salt=b'salt',
+ iterations=1, dklen=None)
+ self.assertEqual(out, self.pbkdf2_results['sha1'][0][0])
def test_pbkdf2_hmac_py(self):
self._test_pbkdf2_hmac(py_hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac)