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message authentication

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message authentication [′mes·ij ȯ‚then·tə′kā·shən]
(communications)
Security measure designed to establish the authenticity of a message by means of an authenticator within the transmission derived from certain predetermined elements of the message itself.


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WEP) with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) approved 128-bit AES encryption and HMAC SHA-1 message authentication algorithms.
HMACSHA1 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA1) * M-ACTripleDES (Message Authentication Code using TripleDES) * MD5 (Message Digest algorithm) * SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) * SHA256 (Secure Hash Algorithm 256) * SHA384 (Secure Hash Algorithm 384) * SHA512 (Secure Hash Algorithm 512) Digest.
A message digest is a condensed representation of electronic data and is used in cryptographic processes, such as digital signatures, message authentication, and the generation of random numbers.
 
 
 
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