On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM, sudheer a <a.sudheer443@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
thanks girish for prompt response.
this is my understanding as of now, please correct if wrong.
AES XCBC MAC 96 is hashing algorithm to generate MAC using AES in extended CBC
mode.
It generates 128bit MAC but only first 96 bits are stored ?in authentictor
field and the same is comapred at the recepient side as AH supports 96 bits
by default.