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Message Integrity Check ensures that a message has not been altered during transmission by generating and verifying a checksum or hash value.
Message Integrity Check Definition: Message Integrity Check ensures that a message has not been altered during transmission by generating and verifying a checksum or hash value.
Message Integrity Check is a cryptographic method used to verify that data has not been altered during transit or storage. It ensures the integrity of a message by generating a checksum or hash value based on the message contents and then comparing this value with the received message. If the checksums do not match, it indicates that the message has been tampered with. This process helps to detect unauthorized modifications to data and prevents data corruption or unauthorized changes during transmission.
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