Poly1305-AES is a state-of-the-art secret-key message-authentication code suitable for a wide variety of applications. Poly1305-AES computes a 16-byte authenticator of a message of any length, using a 16-byte nonce (unique message number) and a 32-byte secret key. Attackers can't modify or forge messages if the message sender transmits an authenticator along with each message and the message receiver checks each authenticator. There's a mailing list for Poly1305-AES discussions. To subscribe, send an empty message to poly1305-subscribe@list.cr.yp.to. WWW: http://cr.yp.to/mac.html