RFC 2202 · INFORMATIONAL · 1997

Test Cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1

Overview

RFC 2202, “Test Cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1”, is an Informational document published in September 1997 by P. Cheng, R. Glenn. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides two sets of test cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC- SHA-1, respectively. HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1 are two constructs of the HMAC [HMAC] message authentication function using the MD5 [MD5] hash function and the SHA-1 [SHA] hash function. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

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