PBKDF2 – Pure Java Implementation


Here’s my PBKDF2 implementation. It’s a clean-room implementation straight from RFC 2898. It passes all RFC 6070 test vectors (testing code included).

It’s pure java with no weird requirements or external libraries. It performs reasonably well compared to the stock Java implementation of PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1; sometimes it beats it, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m sure there are ways to optimize performance.

Anyway, enjoy…

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012
 * Cole Barnes [cryptofreek{at}gmail{dot}com]
 * https://cryptofreek.org/
 *
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 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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 * SOFTWARE.
 * 
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 
 * This is a clean-room implementation of PBKDF2 using RFC 2898 as a reference.
 * 
 * RFC 2898:
 * http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2898#section-5.2
 * 
 * This code passes all RFC 6070 test vectors:
 * http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6070
 * 
 * The function "nativeDerive()" is supplied as an example of the native Java 
 * PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1 implementation.  It is used for benchmarking and 
 * comparison only.
 * 
 * The functions "fromHex()" and "toHex()" came from some message board
 * somewhere.  No license was included.
 * 
 */

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
import java.util.Formatter;

import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class CPbkdf2
{
  /* START RFC 2898 IMPLEMENTATION */
  public static byte[] derive(String P, String S, int c, int dkLen)
  {
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    try
    {
      int hLen = 20;

      if (dkLen > ((Math.pow(2, 32)) - 1) * hLen)
      {
        System.out.println("derived key too long");
      }
      else
      {
        int l = (int) Math.ceil((double) dkLen / (double) hLen);
        // int r = dkLen - (l-1)*hLen;

        for (int i = 1; i <= l; i++)
        {
          byte[] T = F(P, S, c, i);
          baos.write(T);
        }
      }
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    byte[] baDerived = new byte[dkLen];
    System.arraycopy(baos.toByteArray(), 0, baDerived, 0, baDerived.length);

    return baDerived;
  }

  private static byte[] F(String P, String S, int c, int i) throws Exception
  {
    byte[] U_LAST = null;
    byte[] U_XOR = null;

    SecretKeySpec key = new SecretKeySpec(P.getBytes("UTF-8"), "HmacSHA1");
    Mac mac = Mac.getInstance(key.getAlgorithm());
    mac.init(key);

    for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
    {
      if (j == 0)
      {
        byte[] baS = S.getBytes("UTF-8");
        byte[] baI = INT(i);
        byte[] baU = new byte[baS.length + baI.length];

        System.arraycopy(baS, 0, baU, 0, baS.length);
        System.arraycopy(baI, 0, baU, baS.length, baI.length);

        U_XOR = mac.doFinal(baU);
        U_LAST = U_XOR;
        mac.reset();
      }
      else
      {
        byte[] baU = mac.doFinal(U_LAST);
        mac.reset();

        for (int k = 0; k < U_XOR.length; k++)
        {
          U_XOR[k] = (byte) (U_XOR[k] ^ baU[k]);
        }

        U_LAST = baU;
      }
    }

    return U_XOR;
  }

  private static byte[] INT(int i)
  {
    ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
    bb.order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN);
    bb.putInt(i);

    return bb.array();
  }
  /* END RFC 2898 IMPLEMENTATION */

  /* START HELPER FUNCTIONS */
  private static String toHex(byte[] ba)
  {
    String strHex = null;

    if (ba != null)
    {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(ba.length * 2);
      Formatter formatter = new Formatter(sb);

      for (byte b : ba)
      {
        formatter.format("%02x", b);
      }

      formatter.close();
      strHex = sb.toString().toLowerCase();
    }

    return strHex;
  }

  private static byte[] nativeDerive(String strPassword, String strSalt, int nIterations, int nKeyLen)
  {
    byte[] baDerived = null;

    try
    {
      SecretKeyFactory f = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1");
      KeySpec ks = new PBEKeySpec(strPassword.toCharArray(), strSalt.getBytes("UTF-8"), nIterations, nKeyLen * 8);
      SecretKey s = f.generateSecret(ks);
      baDerived = s.getEncoded();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return baDerived;
  }
  /* END HELPER FUNCTIONS */

  public static void runTestVector(String P, String S, int c, int dkLen, String strExpectedDk)
  {
    System.out.println("Input:");
    System.out.println("  P = \"" + P + "\"");
    System.out.println("  S = \"" + S + "\"");
    System.out.println("  c = " + c);
    System.out.println("  dkLen = " + dkLen);
    System.out.println();

    long nStartDk = System.nanoTime();
    byte[] DK = derive(P, S, c, dkLen);
    long nStopDk = System.nanoTime();
    
    long nStartDkNative = System.nanoTime();
    byte[] DK_NATIVE = nativeDerive(P, S, c, dkLen);
    long nStopDkNative = System.nanoTime();

    System.out.println("Output:");
    System.out.println("  DK          = " + toHex(DK));
    System.out.println("  DK_NATIVE   = " + toHex(DK_NATIVE));
    System.out.println("  DK_EXPECTED = " + strExpectedDk.replaceAll(" ", ""));
    System.out.println();

    System.out.println("Duration [my implementation]:      " + (nStopDk - nStartDk) + " ns" );
    System.out.println("Duration [native implementation]:  " + (nStopDkNative - nStartDkNative) + " ns" );
    
    System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------");
    System.out.println();
  }

  public static void RFC6070()
  {
    runTestVector("password", "salt", 1, 20, "0c 60 c8 0f 96 1f 0e 71 f3 a9 b5 24 af 60 12 06 2f e0 37 a6");
    runTestVector("password", "salt", 2, 20, "ea 6c 01 4d c7 2d 6f 8c cd 1e d9 2a ce 1d 41 f0 d8 de 89 57");
    runTestVector("password", "salt", 4096, 20, "4b 00 79 01 b7 65 48 9a be ad 49 d9 26 f7 21 d0 65 a4 29 c1");
    runTestVector("password", "salt", 16777216, 20, "ee fe 3d 61 cd 4d a4 e4 e9 94 5b 3d 6b a2 15 8c 26 34 e9 84");
    runTestVector("passwordPASSWORDpassword", "saltSALTsaltSALTsaltSALTsaltSALTsalt", 4096, 25, "3d 2e ec 4f e4 1c 84 9b 80 c8 d8 36 62 c0 e4 4a 8b 29 1a 96 4c f2 f0 70 38");
    runTestVector("pass\0word", "sa\0lt", 4096, 16, "56 fa 6a a7 55 48 09 9d cc 37 d7 f0 34 25 e0 c3");
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    RFC6070();
  }
}

2 Responses to “PBKDF2 – Pure Java Implementation”

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  2. Roberto says:

    Excelent! It was a big help.

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