On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:27:36 -0800 (PST), Stuart Longland wrote:
[snip]
> Before I worried about that though, I needed to have some kind of
> understanding as to how the hmac module was used. "Arbitrary string",
> sounds to me like I give it something akin to a passphrase, and that
> is hashed(?)
On Feb 21, 4:59 am, Peter Pearson wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:01:20 -0800, Paul Rubin
> wrote:
> > Stuart Longland writes:
> >> What format does hmac require the key to be in?
>
> > It's an arbitrary string.
>
> > I have a key in hexadecimal, do I give it the hex? Do I decode that
>
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:01:20 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Stuart Longland writes:
>> What format does hmac require the key to be in?
>
> It's an arbitrary string.
>
> I have a key in hexadecimal, do I give it the hex? Do I decode that
> to binary and give it that?
>
> Probably yes. Do
Stuart Longland writes:
> What format does hmac require the key to be in?
It's an arbitrary string.
I have a key in hexadecimal, do I give it the hex? Do I decode that
to binary and give it that?
Probably yes. Do you have test vectors? See if they work.
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