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no-std pkcs5

Pure Rust implementation of Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.1 (RFC 8018)

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RustCrypto: PKCS#5

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Pure Rust implementation of Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.1 (RFC 8018).

Documentation

Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) Policy

MSRV increases are not considered breaking changes and can happen in patch releases.

The crate MSRV accounts for all supported targets and crate feature combinations, excluding explicitly unstable features.

License

Licensed under either of:

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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