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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst index c2a50cdd..be35014f 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Cipher-based message authentication code import binascii key = binascii.unhexlify(b"0" * 32) -Cipher-based message authentication codes (or CMACs) are a tool for calculating +`Cipher-based message authentication codes`_ (or CMACs) are a tool for calculating message authentication codes using a block cipher coupled with a secret key. You can use an CMAC to verify both the integrity and authenticity of a message. @@ -98,3 +98,6 @@ of a message. :return bytes: The message authentication code as bytes. :raises cryptography.exceptions.AlreadyFinalized: + + +.. _`Cipher-based message authentication codes`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMAC |