status-web/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.ts

import pbkdf2 from "pbkdf2";

const AESKeyLength = 32; // bytes

export async function createSymKeyFromPassword(
  password: string
): Promise<Uint8Array> {
  return pbkdf2.pbkdf2Sync(
    Buffer.from(password, "utf-8"),
    "",
    65356,
    AESKeyLength,
    "sha256"
  );
}