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KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider Class

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Definition

Namespace:
Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core
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Represents a key derivation algorithm provider.

public ref class KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider sealed
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider final
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider
Public NotInheritable Class KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider
Inheritance
Object Platform::Object IInspectable KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider
Attributes
ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples


using Windows.Security.Cryptography;
using Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core;
using Windows.Storage.Streams;

namespace SampleKeyDerivationAlgorithm
{
    sealed partial class SampleKeyDerivationProviderApp : Application
    {
        public SampleKeyDerivationProviderApp()
        {
            // Initialize the Application.
            this.InitializeComponent();

            // Derive key material from a password-based key derivation function.
            String strKdfAlgName = KeyDerivationAlgorithmNames.Pbkdf2Sha256;
            UInt32 targetKeySize = 32;
            UInt32 iterationCount = 10000;
            IBuffer buffKeyMatl = this.SampleDeriveKeyMaterialPbkdf(
                strKdfAlgName,
                targetKeySize,
                iterationCount);

            // Create a key.
            CryptographicKey key = this.SampleCreateKDFKey(
                strKdfAlgName,
                buffKeyMatl);
        }

        public IBuffer SampleDeriveKeyMaterialPbkdf(
            String strAlgName,
            UInt32 targetKeySize,
            UInt32 iterationCount)
        {

            // Open the specified algorithm.
            KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider objKdfProv = KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(strAlgName);

            // Demonstrate how to retrieve the algorithm name.
            String strAlgUsed = objKdfProv.AlgorithmName;

            // Create a buffer that contains the secret used during derivation.
            String strSecret = "MyPassword";
            IBuffer buffSecret = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strSecret, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf8);

            // Create a random salt value.
            IBuffer buffSalt = CryptographicBuffer.GenerateRandom(32);

            // Create the derivation parameters.
            KeyDerivationParameters pbkdf2Params = KeyDerivationParameters.BuildForPbkdf2(buffSalt, iterationCount);

            // Create a key from the secret value.
            CryptographicKey keyOriginal = objKdfProv.CreateKey(buffSecret);

            // Derive a key based on the original key and the derivation parameters.
            IBuffer keyMaterial = CryptographicEngine.DeriveKeyMaterial(
                keyOriginal,
                pbkdf2Params,
                targetKeySize);

            // Demonstrate checking the iteration count.
            UInt32 iterationCountOut = pbkdf2Params.IterationCount;

            // Demonstrate returning the derivation parameters to a buffer.
            IBuffer buffParams = pbkdf2Params.KdfGenericBinary;

            // return the KDF key material.
            return keyMaterial;
        }

        public CryptographicKey SampleCreateKDFKey(
            String strAlgName,
            IBuffer buffKeyMaterial)
        {
            // Create a KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider object and open the specified algorithm.
            KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider objKdfAlgProv = KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(strAlgName);

            // Create a key by using the KDF parameters.
            CryptographicKey key = objKdfAlgProv.CreateKey(buffKeyMaterial);

            return key;
        }
    }
}

Remarks

When two or more parties share a secret symmetric key, it is often necessary to derive additional keys for use in cryptographic operations. It is also often necessary for a trusted third party to derive distinct cryptographic keys from a single master key. Key derivation functions are used to derive these additional keys.

You can use the static DeriveKeyMaterial method in the CryptographicEngine class and the following methods in the KeyDerivationParameters class to derive a key.

Method Description
BuildForPbkdf2 Creates a KeyDerivationParameters object for use in the password-based key derivation function 2 (PBKDF2).
BuildForSP800108 Creates a KeyDerivationParameters object for use in a counter mode, hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) key derivation function.
BuildForSP80056a Creates a KeyDerivationParameters object for use in the SP800-56A key derivation function.

You create a KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider object by calling the static OpenAlgorithm method.

Properties

AlgorithmName

Gets the name of the open key derivation function (KDF) algorithm.

Methods

CreateKey(IBuffer)

Creates a KDF key.
OpenAlgorithm(String)

Creates an instance of the KeyDerivationAlgorithmProvider class and opens the specified algorithm for use.

Applies to

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