On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Richard Welty wrote:
> i'd like to propose a more accurate phrasing for the last sentence:
>
> This differs from ${md5:secret_text...} or ${sha1:secret_text...} in that
> the hmac step adds a signature to the crypographic hash, allowing for
> authentication that is not possible with md5 or sha1 alone.
Thanks, Richard. That explains it much better (both the code and text
were originally user contributions).
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