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I am trying to implement the HMAC algorithm in Mathematica. The algorithm is a relatively simple way of signing messages with a key.


Here is some pseudocode from Wikipedia:


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My attempt:


hash[string_String, method_String : "SHA256"] := FromCharacterCode @ 

    Interpreter["HexInteger"] @ StringPartition[IntegerString[Hash[string, method], 16], 2];

HMAC[key_String, message_String, method_String : "SHA256", blockSize_Integer : 64] :=
    Module[
    {char54, char92, key2, ipad, opad},
    {char54, char92} = FromCharacterCode /@ {54, 92};
    key2 = Switch[StringLength @ key,
        blockSize, key,
        l_ /; l > blockSize, hash[key, method],
        _, StringPadRight[key, blockSize, FromCharacterCode @ 0]];

    ipad = FromCharacterCode[BitXor @@ Map[ToCharacterCode, {StringRepeat[char54, blockSize], key2}]];
    opad = FromCharacterCode[BitXor @@ Map[ToCharacterCode, {StringRepeat[char92, blockSize], key2}]];
    hash @ StringJoin[opad, hash @ StringJoin[ipad, message]]];

A Java analog for testing:


Needs["JLink`"];
LoadJavaClass["javax.crypto.Mac"];

javaHMAC[key_, message_] := Module[
    {mac, keySpec, bytes},

    JavaBlock[
        mac = Mac`getInstance["HmacSHA256"];
        keySpec = JavaNew["javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec", ToCharacterCode[key], "HmacSHA256"];
        mac @ init[keySpec];
        bytes = mac @ doFinal[ToCharacterCode[message]] + 256;
        FromCharacterCode @ bytes]];

In my particular case I am using this to communicate with Amazon Web Services. At the bottom of this page they provide a test vector which involves repeated HMAC computations. For these inputs (using outputs as the key for the next input)


key = "AWS4" <> "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG+bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY";
messages = {"20120215", "us-east-1", "iam", "aws4_request"};


we should obtain


"kSecret  = '41575334774a616c725855746e46454d492f4b374d44454e472b62507852666943594558414d504c454b4559'
kDate    = '969fbb94feb542b71ede6f87fe4d5fa29c789342b0f407474670f0c2489e0a0d'
kRegion  = '69daa0209cd9c5ff5c8ced464a696fd4252e981430b10e3d3fd8e2f197d7a70c'
kService = 'f72cfd46f26bc4643f06a11eabb6c0ba18780c19a8da0c31ace671265e3c87fa'
kSigning = 'f4780e2d9f65fa895f9c67b32ce1baf0b0d8a43505a000a1a9e090d414db404d'";
StringSplit[StringSplit[%, "\n"], "= "][[All, 2]];
correct = StringReplace[%, "'" -> ""];


My function passes this test. Swapping it out for the Java method will show that the same results are obtained.


FoldList[HMAC, key, messages];
StringJoin /@ IntegerString[ToCharacterCode @ %, 16, 2];
MapThread[SequenceAlignment, {%, correct}];
% // Column


{41575334774a616c725855746e46454d492f4b374d44454e472b62507852666943594558414d504c454b4559}


{969fbb94feb542b71ede6f87fe4d5fa29c789342b0f407474670f0c2489e0a0d}


{69daa0209cd9c5ff5c8ced464a696fd4252e981430b10e3d3fd8e2f197d7a70c}



{f72cfd46f26bc4643f06a11eabb6c0ba18780c19a8da0c31ace671265e3c87fa}


{f4780e2d9f65fa895f9c67b32ce1baf0b0d8a43505a000a1a9e090d414db404d}



But on a slightly different set of messages, from the bottom of this page, my function fails on one of the steps.


messages2 = {"20110909", "us-east-1", "iam", "aws4_request"};

FoldList[HMAC, key, messages2];
hex2 = StringJoin /@ IntegerString[ToCharacterCode @ %, 16, 2];

FoldList[javaHMAC, key, messages2];

javaHex2 = StringJoin /@ IntegerString[ToCharacterCode @ %, 16, 2];

MapThread[SequenceAlignment, {hex2, javaHex2}] // Column


{41575334774a616c725855746e46454d492f4b374d44454e472b62507852666943594558414d504c454b4559}


{a83ed188be5f4b074d7f66349f5077fbcdf797bf3471fb9d5f32730f936d41a5}


{957b5875f33834a85374b750011dc2d6f0e1d6896eeb891d36a73c711961ad6e}


{{,0},116249d060bff83faa1a627e85a4c6f83ce50d89c334765878dcf76e28bfc6,{,e}}


{{a4b,98f1},d,{,889f},e,{1,c},4,{b2f,f44},21,{2,adc},5,{8145,22b},a,{,b0ce1},f,{6,},8,{1,2e6},9,{d7,29},c,{4e4,262},e,{17a88,d},1,{31,5e},5a9,{f85,4c9},0,{33,ef},d,{b,},1,{d858,},e,{6,},3,{f52,b0e},7,{51,}}




In this case the Java output matches the answer provided by AWS.


I cannot get this implementation to work either.



Answer



Try something like


hash[string_String, method_String: "SHA256"] :=
    FromCharacterCode@IntegerDigits[Hash[string, method], 256, 32]

The original method you used will drop leading zeros. You can even see that in your example data set:


{{,0},116249d060bff83faa1a627e85a4c6f83ce50d89c334765878dcf76e28bfc6,{,e}}


ETA: I should have mentioned that passing in the algorithm but then hard-coding the length of the expected hash to 32 bytes is extremely sloppy of me. Do not do that in production code.


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