A security administrator wishes to implement a method of generating encryption keys from user
passwords to enhance account security. Which of the following would accomplish this task?
A.
NTLMv2
B.
Blowfish
C.
Diffie-Hellman
D.
PBKDF2
Which of the following would accomplish this task?
A security administrator wishes to implement a method of generating encryption keys from user
passwords to enhance account security. Which of the following would accomplish this task?
D.
Correct Answer: PBKDF2 (Password Based Key Derivation Function 2) is part of PKCS#5 (Password based Cryptography Standard). It applies some function like a hash or HMAC (Hash based Message Authentication Code) to the password or passphrase along with Salt to produce a derived key.