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diff --git a/perl/perl-digest-hmac/README b/perl/perl-digest-hmac/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..725f14d523 --- /dev/null +++ b/perl/perl-digest-hmac/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Digest::HMAC is a perl module used for message integrity checks between two +parties that share a secret key, and works in combination with some other +Digest algorithm, usually MD5 or SHA-1. The HMAC mechanism is described +in RFC 2104. + +The Digest::HMAC module follow the common Digest:: interface, but the +constructor takes the secret key and the name of some other simple Digest:: +module as argument. + +It depends on: perl-digest-sha1 (available from Slackbuilds.org) + |