CBFS Vault 2020 Python Edition

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on_key_derive Event

Fires to derive an encryption key using a custom key derivation implementation.

Syntax

class CBVaultKeyDeriveEventParams(object):
  @property
  def password() -> c_void_p: ...
  @property
  def password_size() -> int: ...
  @property
  def salt() -> c_void_p: ...
  @property
  def salt_size() -> int: ...
  @property
  def key() -> c_void_p: ...
  @property
  def key_size() -> int: ...
  @property
  def result_code() -> int: ...
  @result_code.setter
  def result_code(value) -> None: ...

# In class CBVault:
@property
def on_key_derive() -> Callable[[CBVaultKeyDeriveEventParams], None]: ...
@on_key_derive.setter
def on_key_derive(event_hook: Callable[[CBVaultKeyDeriveEventParams], None]) -> None: ...

Remarks

This event fires when the class needs to derive an encryption key using an application-defined key derivation implementation. Please refer to the Encryption topic for more information.

This event only needs to be handled by applications that use one of the CBFSSTORAGE_EM_CUSTOM*_CUSTOM_KEY_DERIVE encryption modes. To handle this event properly, applications must derive an encryption key from the data in the Password buffer (whose length, in bytes, is specified by PasswordSize). The derived encryption key must be written to the Key buffer. The size of the derived encryption key must not exceed KeySize.

Applications should not use the same process for key derivation and hash calculation (or should, at the very least, ensure that salt is used in both operations).

The Salt buffer contains a salt value that can be used (if desired) to strengthen security by increasing the uniqueness of the derived key. The SaltSize parameter specifies the length, in bytes, of Salt.

Please refer to the Buffer Parameters topic for more information on how to work with memory buffer event parameters.

The ResultCode parameter will always be 0 when the event is fired. If the event cannot be handled in a "successful" manner for some reason (e.g., a resource isn't available, security checks failed, etc.), set it to a non-zero value to report an appropriate error. Please refer to the Error Reporting and Handling topic for more information.

Note: An application should not attempt to call class's methods from handlers of this event. Doing this is guaranteed to cause a deadlock.

Note: when a storage is opened concurrently in read-only mode by several applications using CBDrive or CBMemDrive class, the event will fire only in the first application. To prevent such a situation, always open a vault in read-write mode.

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CBFS Vault 2020 Python Edition - Version 20.0 [Build 8145]