messageAuthenticationCode | |||||||||||||
Type | function | ||||||||||||
Dictionary | library.messageauthentication | ||||||||||||
Library | Message Authentication Library | ||||||||||||
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Associations | com.livecode.library.messageauthentication | ||||||||||||
Summary | Compute a message authentication code. | ||||||||||||
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Related | Function: messageDigest Glossary: binary data | ||||||||||||
Description | messageAuthenticationCode provides a way to check the integrity of information transmitted over or stored in an unreliable medium is a prime necessity in the world of open computing and communications. Mechanisms that provide such integrity check based on a secret key are usually called "message authentication codes" (MAC). Typically, message authentication codes are used between two parties that share a secret key in order to validate information transmitted between these parties. messageAuthenticationCode also uses a secret key for calculation of the message authentication values. |