# RustCrypto: Message Authentication Code Traits
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Traits for [Message Authentication Code] (MAC) algorithms.
See [RustCrypto/MACs] for implementations which use this trait.
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## Minimum Supported Rust Version
Rust **1.41** or higher.
Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.
## SemVer Policy
- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above
## License
Licensed under either of:
* [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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[//]: # (general links)
[Message Authentication Code]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_authentication_code
[RustCrypto/MACs]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/MACs