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Message Authentication Code
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written 7.1 years ago by gravatar for swatisharma swatisharma • 1.4k

Message Authentication Code (MAC)

  • Use of a secret key to generate a small fixed size block of data called MAC or cryptographic checksum is appended to the message.

  • The main difference between message digest and MAC, there is no cryptographic process involved whereas in message authentication code one single key …

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