On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM, William J. Mills <wmi...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> MAC adds security if the initial secret exchange is secure, and it provides
> a definition for signing payload as part of the request.

Not if the MAC doesn't protect enough of the request _and_ response to
prevent active attacks.  Unless you don't care about those attacks
(which some of you have indicated), in which case why bother with the
MAC at all?

Nico
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