Re: question on MAC

2004-02-23 Thread Vadim Fedukovich
On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 03:52:00PM -0700, Swaminathan P wrote: Hi, Can someone help me with info on this question? Is there some significance to encrypt the MAC along with the message? Is there some pitfall in leaving the MAC in the cleartext and encrypt the message alone... thanks, swami

Order of Authentication and Encryption (was: question on MAC)

2004-02-23 Thread J Harper
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question on MAC

2004-02-20 Thread Swaminathan P
Hi, Can someone help me with info on this question? Is there some significance to encrypt the MAC along with the message? Is there some pitfall in leaving the MAC in the cleartext and encrypt the message alone... thanks, swami