Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code

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A secret-key block-cipher algorithm used to encrypt data and to generate a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to provide assurance that the payload and the associated data are authentic.

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Variants

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acronym: CBC-MAC
plural: Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Codes
possessive: Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code's
pluralpossessive: Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Codes'

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