Message authentication

Summary

Message authentication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Message authentication's subclass of is recorded as cryptographic data processing^[2].
• Message authentication's subclass of is recorded as authentication^[3].
• Message authentication's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0136znsz^[4].
• Message authentication's uses is recorded as message authentication code^[5].
• Message authentication's uses is recorded as authenticated encryption^[6].
• Message authentication's uses is recorded as digital signature^[7].
• Message authentication's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as data-authenticity^[8].
• Message authentication's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 34289^[9].

Why It Matters

Message authentication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[10] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[11]