PMAC (cryptography)

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PMAC, which stands for parallelizable MAC, is a message authentication code algorithm. It was created by Phillip Rogaway. PMAC is a method of taking a block cipher and creating an efficient message authentication code that is reducible in security to the underlying block cipher.

PMAC is similar in functionality to the OMAC algorithm.

Patents[edit]

PMAC is no longer patented and can be used royalty-free. It was originally patented by Phillip Rogaway, but he has since abandoned his patent filings.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rogaway, Phillip. "PMAC – A Parallelizable MAC – Background". Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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