Date Published: July 2008
Supersedes:
FIPS 198 (03/06/2002)
Planning Note (11/04/2022):
This publication was reviewed by the Crypto Publication Review Board. It will be converted to a new NIST Special Publication, NIST SP 800-224.
FIPS 198-1 will be withdrawn when NIST SP 800-224 is published.
See the announcement of this decision for more details, including ways to monitor the development of NIST SP 800-224.
Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
This Standard describes a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC), a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC can be used with any iterative Approved cryptographic hash function, in combination with a shared secret key.
This Standard describes a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC), a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC can be used with any iterative Approved cryptographic hash function, in combination with a shared secret key.
Keywords
MAC; message authentication; Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS); computer security; HMAC; cryptography
Control Families
Audit and Accountability; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity
