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FIPS 198

The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

Date Published: March 6, 2002

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

Keywords

computer security; cryptography; HMAC; MAC; message authentication; Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 198 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
03/06/02: FIPS 198 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

message authentication