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Re: test vectors for HMAC-SHA-1 - Test Data and Bad News
- To: Edward Russell <erussell@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: test vectors for HMAC-SHA-1 - Test Data and Bad News
- From: "C. Harald Koch" <chk@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:53:02 -0500
- Cc: "'ipsec@xxxxxxx'" <ipsec@xxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:33:16 -0500". <>
- Organization: Secure Computing Canada Ltd.
- Phone: +1 416 813 2054
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In message <>, Edward Russell writes:
>
> BSAFE SHA:
> 4B 3A ED 5F 9F E4 01 59 B4 99 53 6F B8 A1 0C DF 3B C6 2B 4C
>
> CYLINK SHA:
> 4C 2B C6 3B DF 0C A1 B8 6F 53 99 B4 59 01 E4 9F 5F ED 3A 4B
I've seen this before. There are two different representations of hash codes
floating around; "big endian" and "little endian". Note that the above
hashes are identical with the *bytes* listed in the opposite order.
I couldn't tell you which one is 'correct' though :-)
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