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What does MAC stand for?

Message Authentication Code


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  • Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:
HMACSHA1 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA1) * M-ACTripleDES (Message Authentication Code using TripleDES) * MD5 (Message Digest algorithm) * SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) * SHA256 (Secure Hash Algorithm 256) * SHA384 (Secure Hash Algorithm 384) * SHA512 (Secure Hash Algorithm 512) Digest.
Support is included for 3DES and digital signatures using Hashed Message Authentication Codes Message Digest (HMACMD5) and Secure Hashing Algorithm (HMA SHA-l).
The standard divides the key agreement process into the following major components: domain parameter generation, domain parameter validation, key pair generation, public key validation, shared secret value calculation, key derivation, and test message authentication code computation for discrete logarithm problem based key agreement schemes.
The VeriFone solution includes fully PED-compliant handheld technology supporting 3DES encryption, Master/Session or DUKPT key management methods, and Message Authentication Code (MAC) systems technology.
These algorithms include the Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512) and Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
4 Gbps wirespeed performance for today's state-of-the-art strong security algorithms such as Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)-CBC, Hashed Message Authentication Code -- Secure Hash Algorithm (HMAC-SHA-1), and Hashed Message Authentication Code -- Message Digest (HMAC-MD5) IPSec processing.
This is achieved through the use of conventional Message Authentication Codes (MAC).
Content integrity is provided via two Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) algorithms.

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