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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Hi,
Maybe I'm completely dense with regards to the hmac module and HMAC in
general, but I've searched and cannot find for the life of me the
answer to this very basic question.
What format does hmac require the key to be in?
I have a key in hexadecimal, do I give it the hex? Do I decode that
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