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Maybe they meant "HMAC" or "Fingerprint".
by aortega 12y ago
Maybe they meant "HMAC" or "Fingerprint".
- Dylan16807 12y agoYou don't need an HMAC to verify a key or other blob of data, and isn't fingerprint a less technical term for hash?
- geofft 12y ago"Hash" is a perfectly valid term, although "fingerprint" would also be correct. "HMAC" is something else entirely.
- pgeorgi 12y agoIntel likes to use SHA256(pubkey) for their verification schemes. I guess that reduces the amount of storage while sufficiently secure. Details are in http://apress.com/9781430265719 http://apress.com/9781430265719