RFC 2286 INFORMATIONAL CRYPTOGRAPHY · TESTING · AUTHENTICATION

HMAC-RIPEMD Test Cases: Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128

Test vectors for checking HMAC message authentication with RIPEMD hash functions.

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PUBLISHED
February 1998
AUTHORS
J. Kapp
STREAM
Legacy
HMAC-RIPEMD160 DIGEST SIZE
20 bytes
HMAC-RIPEMD128 DIGEST SIZE
16 bytes
NUMBER OF TEST CASES PER ALGORITHM
7
MAX TEST KEY LENGTH
80 bytes
DOI
10.17487/RFC2286
ERRATA
Reported errata

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Network Working Group                                            J. Kapp
Request for Comments: 2286                           Reaper Technologies
Category: Informational                                    February 1998


            Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document provides two sets of test cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and
   HMAC-RIPEMD128, respectively. HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128 are
   two constructs of the HMAC [HMAC] message authentication function
   using the RIPEMD-160 and RIPEMD-128 [RIPE] hash functions. The test
   cases and results provided in this document are meant to be used as a
   conformance test for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128
   implementations.

1. Introduction

   The general method for constructing a HMAC message authentication
   function using a particular hash function is described in section 2
   of [HMAC].

   In sections 2 and 3 test cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128,
   respectively are provided. Each case includes the key, the data, and
   the result.  The values of keys and data are either hexadecimal
   numbers (prefixed by "0x") or ASCII character strings in double
   quotes. If a value is an ASCII character string, then the HMAC
   computation for the corresponding test case DOES NOT include the
   trailing null character ('\0') in the string.

   The C source code of the functions used to generate HMAC-RIPEMD160
   and HMAC-RIPEMD128 results is listed in the Appendix. Please Note
   that the functions provided are implemented in such a way as to be
   simple and easy to understand as a result they are not optimized in
   any way. The C source code for computing HMAC-MD5 can be found in
   [MD5].

2. Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160

test_case =         1
key =               0x0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b
key_len =           20
data =              "Hi There"
data_len =          8
digest =            0x24cb4bd67d20fc1a5d2ed7732dcc39377f0a5668

test_case =         2
key =               "Jefe"
key_len =           4
data =              "what do ya want for nothing?"
data_len =          28
digest =            0xdda6c0213a485a9e24f4742064a7f033b43c4069

test_case =         3
key =               0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
key_len =           20
data =              0xdd repeated 50 times
data_len =          50
digest =            0xb0b105360de759960ab4f35298e116e295d8e7c1

test_case =         4
key =               0x0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10111213141516171819
key_len =           25
data =              0xcd repeated 50 times
data_len =          50
digest =            0xd5ca862f4d21d5e610e18b4cf1beb97a4365ecf4

test_case =         5
key =               0x0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c
key_len =           20
data =              "Test With Truncation"
data_len =          20
digest =            0x7619693978f91d90539ae786500ff3d8e0518e39
digest-96 =         0x7619693978f91d90539ae786

test_case =         6
key =               0xaa repeated 80 times
key_len =           80
data =              "Test Using Larger Than Block-Size Key - Hash Key
                    First"
data_len =          54
digest =            0x6466ca07ac5eac29e1bd523e5ada7605b791fd8b

test_case =         7
key =               0xaa repeated 80 times

key_len =           80
data =              "Test Using Larger Than Block-Size Key and Larger
                    Than One Block-Size Data"
data_len =          73
digest =            0x69ea60798d71616cce5fd0871e23754cd75d5a0a

3. Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD128

test_case =         1
key =               0x0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b
key_len =           16
data =              "Hi There"
data_len =          8
digest =            0xfbf61f9492aa4bbf81c172e84e0734db

test_case =         2
key =               "Jefe"
key_len =           4
data =              "what do ya want for nothing?"
data_len =          28
digest =            0x875f828862b6b334b427c55f9f7ff09b

test_case =         3
key =               0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
key_len =           16
data =              0xdd repeated 50 times
data_len =          50
digest =            0x09f0b2846d2f543da363cbec8d62a38d

test_case =         4
key =               0x0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10111213141516171819
key_len =           25
data =              0xcd repeated 50 times
data_len =          50
digest =            0xbdbbd7cf03e44b5aa60af815be4d2294

test_case =         5
key =               0x0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0c
key_len =           16
data =              "Test With Truncation"
data_len =          20
digest =            0xe79808f24b25fd031c155f0d551d9a3a
digest-96 =         0xe79808f24b25fd031c155f0d

test_case =         6
key =               0xaa repeated 80 times
key_len =           80
data =              "Test Using Larger Than Block-Size Key - Hash Key

                    First"
data_len =          54
digest =            0xdc732928de98104a1f59d373c150acbb

test_case =         7
key =               0xaa repeated 80 times
key_len =           80
data =              "Test Using Larger Than Block-Size Key and Larger
                    Than One Block-Size Data"
data_len =          73
digest =            0x5c6bec96793e16d40690c237635f30c5

4. Security Considerations

   This document raises no security issues.  Discussion on the strength
   of the HMAC construction can be found in [HMAC].

References

   [HMAC]    Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti,
             "HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
             February 1997.

   [MD5]     Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm",
             RFC 1321, April 1992.

   [OG]      Oehler, M., and R. Glenn,
             "HMAC-MD5 IP Authentication with Replay Prevention", RFC
             2085, February 1997

   [CG]      Chang, S., and R. Glenn,
             "Test Cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1", RFC 2202,
             September 1997.

   [RIPE]    Dobbertin, H., Bosselaers A., and Preneel, B.
             "RIPEMD-160: A Strengthened Version of RIPEMD" April 1996

Author's Address

   Justin S. Kapp
   Reaper Technologies
   The Post Office, Dunsop Bridge
   Clitheroe, Lancashire.
   BB7 3BB.  United Kingdom

   EMail: skapp@reapertech.com

Appendix

   This code which implements HMAC-RIPEMD160 using an existing RIPEMD-
   160 library.  It assumes that the RIPEMD-160 library has similar
   API's as those of the MD5 code described in RFC 1321.  The code for
   HMAC-MD5, is similar, this HMAC-MD5 code is also listed in RFC 2104.
   To adapt this example to produce the HMAC-RIPEMD128 then replace each
   occurance of 'RMD160' with 'RMD128'.

#ifndef RMD160_DIGESTSIZE
#define RMD160_DIGESTSIZE  20
#endif

#ifndef RMD128_DIGESTSIZE
#define RMD128_DIGESTSIZE  16
#endif


/*  HMAC_RMD160 implements HMAC-RIPEMD160 */

void HMAC_RMD160(input, len, key, keylen, digest)
unsigned char *input;                       /* pointer to data stream */
int len;                                     /* length of data stream */
unsigned char *key;                  /* pointer to authentication key */
int keylen;                           /* length of authentication key */
unsigned char *digest;                        /* resulting MAC digest */
{
    RMD160_CTX context;
    unsigned char k_ipad[65];  /* inner padding - key XORd with ipad */
    unsigned char k_opad[65];  /* outer padding - key XORd with opad */
    unsigned char tk[RMD160_DIGESTSIZE];
    int i;

    /* if key is longer than 64 bytes reset it to key=SHA1(key) */
    if (keylen > 64) {
        RMD160_CTX      tctx;

        RMD160Init(&tctx);
        RMD160Update(&tctx, key, keylen);
        RMD160Final(tk, &tctx);

        key = tk;
        keylen = RMD160_DIGESTSIZE;
    }

        /* The HMAC_SHA1 transform looks like:

           RMD160(K XOR opad, RMD160(K XOR ipad, text))
           where K is an n byte key
           ipad is the byte 0x36 repeated 64 times
           opad is the byte 0x5c repeated 64 times
           and text is the data being protected */

        /* start out by storing key in pads */
    memset(k_ipad, 0x36, sizeof(k_ipad));
    memset(k_opad, 0x5c, sizeof(k_opad));

        /* XOR key with ipad and opad values */
    for (i=0; i<keylen; i++) {
        k_ipad[i] ^= key[i];
        k_opad[i] ^= key[i];
    }

        /* perform inner RIPEMD-160 */

    RMD160Init(&context);           /* init context for 1st pass */
    RMD160Update(&context, k_ipad, 64);  /* start with inner pad */
    RMD160Update(&context, input, len); /* then text of datagram */
    RMD160Final(digest, &context);         /* finish up 1st pass */

        /* perform outer RIPEMD-160 */
    RMD160Init(&context);           /* init context for 2nd pass */
    RMD160Update(&context, k_opad, 64);  /* start with outer pad */
    /* then results of 1st hash */
    RMD160Update(&context, digest, RMD160_DIGESTSIZE);
    RMD160Final(digest, &context);         /* finish up 2nd pass */

    memset(k_ipad, 0x00, sizeof(k_ipad));
    memset(k_opad, 0x00, sizeof(k_opad));
}

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PROBLEMImplementations of HMAC using RIPEMD-160 and RIPEMD-128 hash functions need a way to verify that their code is correct.
MECHANISMRFC 2286 provides seven test cases for each of HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128, each with a key, input data, and the expected message authentication code output.
VALIDATION TOOLDevelopers can run these tests against their implementation to confirm it produces the correct authentication codes.

§1Introduction and Purpose

RFC 2286 provides test cases (also called test vectors) for implementations of HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128. HMAC is a method for constructing a message authentication function (a keyed hash, or digital fingerprint) from an underlying hash function. RIPEMD-160 and RIPEMD-128 are cryptographic hash functions that can be used as the underlying hash in the HMAC construction.

These test cases are designed to serve as a conformance test: implementers can run their code against these cases and check that they get the same results, verifying their implementation is correct.

This document lists correct answers for a particular type of fingerprinting computation. If your code gives these same answers, it is working right.

§2Test Case Structure and Format

Each test case specifies a key, the input data to be authenticated, and the expected digest (the output). Some test cases include a digest-96 value, which is the first 96 bits (12 bytes) of the full digest, representing truncation to 96 bits.

Keys and data are given either as hexadecimal numbers (prefixed with '0x') or as ASCII character strings in double quotes. When data is specified as an ASCII string, the HMAC computation does not include the trailing null character. For cases where data or key is specified as a repeated byte (such as '0xdd repeated 50 times'), the implementer must expand this to 50 copies of that byte.

Each test case says 'use this key and this data, and you should get this answer'. Some also test using only part of the answer.

§3HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128 Test Cases

RFC 2286 provides seven test cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and seven for HMAC-RIPEMD128. The test cases cover a range of scenarios: short keys and short data, longer data, keys longer than the hash function's block size (requiring the key to be hashed first), and truncation of the output.

Test case 1 for HMAC-RIPEMD160 uses a 20-byte key and the data 'Hi There', and produces a 20-byte digest. Test case 5 also shows the digest-96 value (the truncated version). Test cases 6 and 7 use keys that are 80 bytes long, which exceeds the 64-byte block size, forcing the implementation to hash the key first.

The seven tests include short inputs, long inputs, and very long keys. They cover the typical things an implementation needs to handle.

§4Implementation Guidance

The RFC includes C source code showing how to implement HMAC-RIPEMD160, assuming the underlying RIPEMD-160 library has an API similar to the MD5 library described in RFC 1321. The code initializes inner and outer padding values, XORs the key with these padding values, and performs two hash operations (inner hash of padded key and data, then outer hash of padded key and inner result).

To adapt the code for HMAC-RIPEMD128, only the hash function calls need to change from RMD160 to RMD128 (and constants like digest size). The HMAC construction itself remains identical.

The RFC shows working code that implementers can use as a reference. It takes a key and data, does some special padding, and hashes everything twice.

§5References