Re: SHA-2 based HMAC algorithm...

[nisse%lysator.liu.se@localhost (Niels Möller)]

"denis bider" <d3%denisbider.com@localhost> writes:

> If we're moving towards a 256-bit hash for key exchange as well as data 
> integrity, then the output of the key generation function will be 
> 256-bit, and we would have to truncate that output if we want the HMAC 
> key to be 160 bits. 

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,
/Niels

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