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by pjscott 4899 days ago
Wait, what? An HMAC is a MAC -- just one that happens to be constructed from a hash function in a particular way.
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homedog 4899 days ago
This is just nitpicking. I did not say HMACs were not MACs anywhere in my comment.
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muyuu 4899 days ago
In a particular way that happens to solve the problem at hand.
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