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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2016-05-12 09:24:23 +0200
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2016-05-12 09:24:23 +0200
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doc: clarify that 'hmac' in the name of functions is only for legacy reasons
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@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ To append certificates, or CRLs in the structure the following functions are pro
The available operations to access hash functions and hash-MAC (HMAC) algorithms
are shown below. HMAC algorithms provided keyed hash functionality. The supported MAC and HMAC
-algorithms are listed in @ref{gnutls_mac_algorithm_t}.
+algorithms are listed in @ref{gnutls_mac_algorithm_t}. Note that, despite the @code{hmac} part
+in the name of the MAC functions listed below, they can be used either for HMAC or MAC operations.
@showenumdesc{gnutls_mac_algorithm_t,The supported MAC and HMAC algorithms.}