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Maybe they meant "HMAC" or "Fingerprint".


Intel likes to use SHA256(pubkey) for their verification schemes. I guess that reduces the amount of storage while sufficiently secure.

Details are in http://apress.com/9781430265719


"Hash" is a perfectly valid term, although "fingerprint" would also be correct. "HMAC" is something else entirely.


You don't need an HMAC to verify a key or other blob of data, and isn't fingerprint a less technical term for hash?




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