openssl-kdf - perform Key Derivation Function operations
openssl kdf [-help] [-kdfopt nm:v] [-keylen num] [-out filename] [-binary] kdf_name
The key derivation functions generate a derived key from either a secret or password.
Print a usage message.
The output size of the derived key. This field is required.
Filename to output to, or standard output by default.
Output the derived key in binary form. Uses hexadecimal text format if not specified.
Passes options to the KDF algorithm.
A comprehensive list of parameters can be found in the EVP_KDF_CTX
implementation documentation.
Common parameter names used by EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params() are:
Specifies the secret key as an alphanumeric string (use if the key contains printable characters only). The string length must conform to any restrictions of the KDF algorithm. A key must be specified for most KDF algorithms.
Specifies the secret key in hexadecimal form (two hex digits per byte). The key length must conform to any restrictions of the KDF algorithm. A key must be specified for most KDF algorithms.
Specifies the password as an alphanumeric string (use if the password contains printable characters only). The password must be specified for PBKDF2 and scrypt.
Specifies the password in hexadecimal form (two hex digits per byte). The password must be specified for PBKDF2 and scrypt.
Specifies the name of a digest as an alphanumeric string. To see the list of supported digests, use the command list -digest-commands.
Specifies the name of a supported KDF algorithm which will be used. The supported algorithms names include TLS1-PRF, HKDF, SSKDF, PBKDF2, SSHKDF, X942KDF, X963KDF and SCRYPT.
Use TLS1-PRF to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key and seed:
openssl kdf -keylen 16 -kdfopt digest:SHA2-256 -kdfopt key:secret \
-kdfopt seed:seed TLS1-PRF
Use HKDF to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key, salt and info:
openssl kdf -keylen 10 -kdfopt digest:SHA2-256 -kdfopt key:secret \
-kdfopt salt:salt -kdfopt info:label HKDF
Use SSKDF with KMAC to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key, salt and info:
openssl kdf -keylen 64 -kdfopt mac:KMAC-128 -kdfopt maclen:20 \
-kdfopt hexkey:b74a149a161545 -kdfopt hexinfo:348a37a2 \
-kdfopt hexsalt:3638271ccd68a2 SSKDF
Use SSKDF with HMAC to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key, salt and info:
openssl kdf -keylen 16 -kdfopt mac:HMAC -kdfopt digest:SHA2-256 \
-kdfopt hexkey:b74a149a -kdfopt hexinfo:348a37a2 \
-kdfopt hexsalt:3638271c SSKDF
Use SSKDF with Hash to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key, salt and info:
openssl kdf -keylen 14 -kdfopt digest:SHA2-256 \
-kdfopt hexkey:6dbdc23f045488 \
-kdfopt hexinfo:a1b2c3d4 SSKDF
Use SSHKDF to create a hex-encoded derived key from a secret key, hash and session_id:
openssl kdf -keylen 16 -kdfopt digest:SHA2-256 \
-kdfopt hexkey:0102030405 \
-kdfopt hexxcghash:06090A \
-kdfopt hexsession_id:01020304 \
-kdfopt type:A SSHKDF
Use PBKDF2 to create a hex-encoded derived key from a password and salt:
openssl kdf -keylen 32 -kdfopt digest:SHA256 -kdfopt pass:password \
-kdfopt salt:salt -kdfopt iter:2 PBKDF2
Use scrypt to create a hex-encoded derived key from a password and salt:
openssl kdf -keylen 64 -kdfopt pass:password -kdfopt salt:NaCl \
-kdfopt N:1024 -kdfopt r:8 -kdfopt p:16 \
-kdfopt maxmem_bytes:10485760 SCRYPT
The KDF mechanisms that are available will depend on the options used when building OpenSSL.
openssl(1), openssl-pkeyutl(1), EVP_KDF(3), EVP_KDF-SCRYPT(7), EVP_KDF-TLS1_PRF(7), EVP_KDF-PBKDF2(7), EVP_KDF-HKDF(7), EVP_KDF-SS(7), EVP_KDF-SSHKDF(7), EVP_KDF-X942(7), EVP_KDF-X963(7)
Added in OpenSSL 3.0
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