Re: SHA-2 based HMAC algorithm...

["Mark D. Baushke" <mdb%juniper.net@localhost>]

Peter Gutmann <pgut001%cs.auckland.ac.nz@localhost> writes:

> "Mark D. Baushke" <mdb%juniper.net@localhost> writes:
> 
> >I would like to also see a 64-byte key "hmac-sha512" in the same RFC
> >and IANA proposal as the one for an "hmac-sha256" if there is anyone
> >who thinks we should do them both at the same time.
> 
> One minor naming nit, it would probably be best to use "hmac-sha2-256" or
> something, since there'll be an "hmac-sha3-256" within the next few years 
> (same for -512).

Agreed. "hmac-sha2-256" and "hmac-sha2-512" seem like good names to me.

	-- Mark