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Appendix D - Glossary
MAC service data unit
See MSDU.
master secret
A code derived from the pre-master secret. A master secret is used to encrypt Transport
Layer Security (TLS) authentication exchanges and also to derive a pairwise master key
(PMK). See also PMK; pre-master secret.
maximum transmission unit
See MTU.
MD5
Message-digest algorithm 5. A one-way hashing algorithm used in many authentication
algorithms and also to derive cryptographic keys in many algorithms. MD5 takes a message
of an arbitrary length and creates a 128bit message digest.
media access control address
See MAC address.
message authentication code
See MAC.
message-digest algorithm 5
See MD5.
message integrity code
See MIC.
MIC
Message integrity code. The IEEE term for a message authentication code (MAC). See
MAC.
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol
See MS-CHAP-V2.