message-authentication-code-pattern - Message Authentication Code Security Pattern
Security pattern for implementing MACs to ensure data integrity and origin authentication.
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Updated: 2026-03-24Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- generate MAC
- verify MAC
Inputs
- message
- secret key
- cipher configuration
Outputs
- MAC tag
- verification confirmation
- verification error
Requirements
- cryptographic library
- minimum 128-bit secret key
- algorithm support (HMAC-SHA-256, AES-CMAC, Blake2b)