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Support PBEKeys in a Bouncy Castle FIPS library #2164

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Currently, the Bouncy Castle FIPS KeyStore (BCFKS) lacks a direct mechanism for storing generic passwords or password-based encryption (PBE) keys. The common workaround is to store a password as an HMAC key, which is semantically incorrect and misleading.

This request is to add support for storing and retrieving PBEKeys within the Bouncy Castle FIPS KeyStore.

This would allow the BCFKS provider to recognise, store, and correctly retrieve entries of type PBEKey. This would also allow users to store passwords and other PBE-based secrets in a semantically correct format.

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