Covid Cryptography 6: Message Authentication Codes and Authenticated Encryption
Channel: MathMesh
Date: 2020-05-26

In this module, PHB describes the use of a secret key to protect integrity. A standalone integrity check is called a Message Authentication Code. But standards groups have recently started encouraging the use of cipher modes that provide integrity and encryption in a single pass.

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