[Defect]: Variant pattern for PBKDF2 must have {prfFunction} instead of {hashAlgorithm}

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
64/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
cryptography

Research direction

Start in the Cryptography Registry and locate the PBKDF2 variant pattern. Compare its variable naming with the linked SP800-132 guidance; done means the pattern uses {prfFunction} rather than {hashAlgorithm}, without schema or algorithm changes.

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Description

cap: cryptography-registry defect

Describe the defect

As per the SP800-132, PBKDF2 is the PBKDF using HMAC with any approved hash function as the PRF. Therefore, the variable {prfFunction} must be an element of the variant pattern instead of {hashAlgorithm}.

Additional context

The issue is data-quality / naming defect in the Cryptography Registry and can be fixed without changing schema behavior or introducing new algorithms.

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