The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.198-1

FIPS 198-1

The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

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Date Published: July 2008

Supersedes: FIPS 198 (03/06/2002)

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

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

computer security; cryptography; HMAC; MAC; message authentication; Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

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Audit and Accountability; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

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Publication:
FIPS 198-1 (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
07/16/08: FIPS 198-1 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
message authentication

Laws and Regulations
Federal Information Security Modernization Act

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FIPS 198-1

The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

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Abstract

Keywords

Control Families

Documentation

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