Glossary of Security Terms: HMAC

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HMAC is a protocol used for cryptographically authenticating messages. It can use any kind of cryptographic functions, and its strengh depends on the underlying function (SHA1 or MD5 for instance) HMAC verification algorithm is then known with a compound name such as HMAC-SHA1. The algorithm is used to ensure both integrity and authentication. Mozilla (stylized as moz://a) is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape and Netscape.