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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/index.rst | 3 |
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst index 23b1fea2..498b8b1e 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/cmac.rst @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ 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 -message authentication codes using a block cipher coupled with a +`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. diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/index.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/index.rst index 4f075417..acfe9bed 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/index.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/mac/index.rst @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Message Authentication Codes While cryptography supports both the CMAC and HMAC algorithms, we strongly recommend that HMAC should be used unless you have a good reason otherwise. -For more information on why HMAC is preferred, see `Use cases for CMAC vs. HMAC?`_ +For more information on why HMAC is preferred, see `Use cases for CMAC vs. +HMAC?`_ .. _`Use cases for CMAC vs. HMAC?`: http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/15721/use-cases-for-cmac-vs-hmac |