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HMAC Overview Providing a way to check the integrity of information transmitted over or stored in an unreliable medium is a prime necessity in the world of open computing and communications. Mechanisms that provide such integrity check based on a secret key are usually called "Message Authentication Codes" (MACs). Typically, message authentication codes are used between two parties that share a secret key in order to validate information transmitted between these parties. MACs based on cryptographic hash functions are known as "Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Codes" (HMACs). HMAC, as defined in RFC2104, is a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC can be used with any iterative cryptographic hash function, e.g., MD5, SHA-1, in combination with a secret shared key. The cryptographic strength of HMAC depends on the properties of the underlying hash function. CHMAC Overview | HMAC API Overview | Type Library Overview | Useful Links | HashCalc
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