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Unicode C

PBKDF2 Key Derivation

Demonstrates AES secret key derivation from a password using PBDKF2.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    const wchar_t *password;
    const wchar_t *charset;
    const wchar_t *hashAlg;
    const wchar_t *saltHex;
    int iterationCount;
    int outputBitLen;
    const wchar_t *enc;
    const wchar_t *hexKey;

    //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();

    password = L"correcthorsebatterystaple";

    //  Derive from the utf-8 byte representation of the password.
    charset = L"utf-8";

    hashAlg = L"sha256";

    CkCrypt2W_putEncodingMode(crypt,L"hex");
    saltHex = CkCrypt2W_genRandomBytesENC(crypt,16);

    iterationCount = 310000;

    //  Derive a 256-bit key from the password.
    outputBitLen = 256;

    //  The derived key is returned as a hex or base64 encoded string.
    //  (Note: The salt argument must be a string that also uses
    //  the same encoding.)
    enc = L"hex";

    hexKey = CkCrypt2W_pbkdf2(crypt,password,charset,hashAlg,saltHex,iterationCount,outputBitLen,enc);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",hexKey);

    //  Sample output:
    //  597734C894FF89CFD3B93D925462C24E97724BCB118F6FC919007F5ABC27E768


    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);

    }