From: aleph1@securityfocus.com To: secpapers@securityfocus.com Subject: (forw) NIST Computer Security FIPS Publication 198 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:11:18 -0600 ----- Forwarded message from Patrick O'Reilly <patrick.oreilly@nist.gov> ----- From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick.oreilly@nist.gov> Reply-To: patrick.oreilly@nist.gov To: Multiple recipients of list <compsecpubs@nist.gov> Subject: NIST Computer Security FIPS Publication 198 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:17:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020404100039.02e1abe0@email.nist.gov> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 April 3, 2002 -- FIPS 198, The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) (.pdf) ([1]http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips198/fips-198.pdf), became a Federal standard on March 6, 2002 and was announced in a Federal Register Notice (.pdf) ([2]http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips198/fedregister-198.pdf ) today. The standard describes a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC), a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC can be used with any iterative FIPS approved cryptographic hash function, in combination with a shared secret key. Go to the FIPS page for see more FIPS Publications ([3]http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/). References 1. http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips198/fips-198.pdf 2. http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips198/fedregister-198.pdf 3. http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Elias Levy SecurityFocus http://www.securityfocus.com/ Si vis pacem, para bellum