RFC 8619: Algorithm Identifiers for the HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)
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RFC 5869 specifies the HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF) algorithm. This document assigns algorithm identifiers to the HKDF algorithm when used with three common one-way hash functions.
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- Document ID
- RFC8619
- Published
- June 2019
- Authors
- R. Housley
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
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- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
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