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crypto/hmac: rename CheckHMAC to ValidHMAC in package docs #28823

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/crypto/hmac/hmac.go
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Expand Up @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ The receiver verifies the hash by recomputing it using the same key.
Receivers should be careful to use Equal to compare MACs in order to avoid
timing side-channels:

// CheckMAC reports whether messageMAC is a valid HMAC tag for message.
func CheckMAC(message, messageMAC, key []byte) bool {
// ValidMAC reports whether messageMAC is a valid HMAC tag for message.
func ValidMAC(message, messageMAC, key []byte) bool {
mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, key)
mac.Write(message)
expectedMAC := mac.Sum(nil)
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