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why these specific values used to initialize ipad & opad in HMAC [duplicate]
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What do the magic numbers 0x5c and 0x36 in the opad/ipad calc in HMAC do?
I'm reading the book Network Security Essentials written by William Stallings.
in this book,in ...
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What are advantages of using a HMAC over RSA with SHA-1 hashes?
I am currently studying for an exam and this was a previous question:
Give one advantage of using HMACs over using RSA to sign SHA-1 hashes.
My thoughts are that it has something to do with the ...
