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difference betwwen hash function and message authentication code

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A MAC is used for message authentication, and is a symmetrically keyed primitive. A hash function can be used for many purposes, and has no special key input. MAC is an acronym of "message authentication code". ... Some examples of cryptographic hash functions: SHA256, SHA1, MD5.

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