Using PBKDF2 as hard key derivation function

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Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) is a cryptographic key derivation function. It is designed to provide protection against brute force and dictionary attacks. PBKDF2 takes several input parameters and produces the derived key as output.
When using an encrypted kdump target, you must manually provide the password in the second kernel, regardless of the encryption target c...

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