Date Published: July 2008
Supersedes: FIPS 198 (March 6, 2002)
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
computer security; cryptography; HMAC; MAC; message authentication; Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
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