PBKDF2 (PKCS#5 v2.0 PBKDF2 Module)

The `pbkdf2` library provides a Python implementation of the Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2), as specified in RSA PKCS#5 v2.0. It is designed to derive cryptographic keys from a password and a salt, leveraging iterative hashing to increase the computational cost for brute-force attacks. The library's last release was in June 2011, and while functional, modern Python applications are generally advised to use the built-in `hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac` function, which offers better performance and active maintenance.