Creating a MAC

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Isn't it easier (and faster perhaps?) to use the openssl library?

#include <openssl/sha.h>

int SHA_Init(SHA_CTX *c);
int SHA_Update(SHA_CTX *c, const void *data, unsigned long len);
int SHA_Final(unsigned char *md, SHA_CTX *c);

easy as pie

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0700, Heather Shaw wrote:
> Hello,
>   I am a newbie so please forgive stupid questions
> but, I am trying to create a message digest using the
> gcry_md_open (&md, GCRY_MD_SHA1, GCRY_MD_FLAG_HMAC). 
> In the documentation it states that you must call the
> gcry_md_setkey to be used to set the MAC key.  How do
> I calculate this MAC key?  What is the MAC key...does
> it get generated from the message itself in
> combination with another key of some sort. 
> 
> Thanks
> Heather
> 
> 
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