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  1. April 27th, 2009, 11:36 AM #1
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    Hashing related question's

    There is this question that is really bugging me.. It's on a test sim for CISSP..

    Here is the question as it is:

    What hashing algorithm is implimented by IPSec

    Options:

    MD5
    SHA-1
    HAVAL
    HMAC..

    The answer is HMAC !

    HMAC isn't an algorithm ! its a type of MAC
    Shouldn't SHA-1 be the answer ?
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  2. April 28th, 2009, 03:09 AM #2
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    A Hash Message Authentication Code, is a type of message authentication "code" calculated using a specific algorithm that uses a cryptographic hash function in combination with a secret key. It verifies both the data integrity and the authenticity. Any iterative cryptographic hash function, such as MD5 or SHA-1, may be used to calc an HMAC. the resulting MAC is termed HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA1 accordingly.

    I surmise they are differentiating between the algo and various hash functions.
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  3. April 28th, 2009, 08:23 PM #3
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    Thanks mate..
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