Dick Hardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 13-Feb-06, at 11:09 AM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
>
>>>> The technical term for a "signature" which can only be verified by
>>>> the holder of a symmetric secret is Message Authentication Code
>>>> (MAC)
>>>> and there's a standard technique for performing MACs: HMAC (RFC
>>>> 2104).
>>>
>>> Our current implementation uses HMAC. Since the Homesite can use
>>> whatever it wants, we left it out of the spec.
>>
>> Well, that's fine, but you shouldn't be recommending a technique
>> which is known to be inferior to HMAC.
>
> I agree. Did not know we were recommending a different technique.
> Where is that mentioned?

Section 5.10.2.3.

-Ekr


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