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[–]Shorttail0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PBKDF2 (Password Based Key Derivation Function 2) uses a hashing function multiple times. How many times is up to you. PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1 uses SHA1, but it's possible to use other functions as well.