Re: [flexcoders] Re: HMAC-SHA1

2006-09-04 Thread Luís Gustavo Sanabio
Hi Dave, Thanks.. You're right. I will generate the signature at server. thanks, Gustavo 2006/9/3, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: First it is worth noting that HMAC-SHA1 isnt actually encryption atall.Rather it is a hash.More specifically it is a keyed hash algorithm that produces a fixed

[flexcoders] Re: HMAC-SHA1

2006-09-03 Thread Dave Wolf
First it is worth noting that HMAC-SHA1 isnt actually encryption at all. Rather it is a hash. More specifically it is a keyed hash algorithm that produces a fixed length 160byte hash value. This hash is built from the SHA-1 hash algorithm and in your case will be used as an HMAC, or hash-based