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what's wrong with HMAC?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis H.)
Mon May 1 21:42:36 2006
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Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 20:11:16 -0500
From: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Ross Anderson once said cryptically,
> HMAC has a long story attched to it - the triumph of the
> theory community over common sense
He wouldn't expand on that any more... does anyone have an idea of
what he is referring to?
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