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Add note explaining HMAC-SHA-512-256
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<p><strong>hmac</strong> is a function that allows verifying that a message came from someone who knows the same secret key as you. In this case the network identifier is used as the secret key.</p>
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<p>Both the message creator and verifier have to know the same message and secret key for the verification to succeed, but the secret key is not revealed to an eavesdropper. </p>
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<p>Throughout the protocol, all instances of hmac use HMAC-SHA-512-256.</p>
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<p>Throughout the protocol, all instances of hmac use HMAC-SHA-512-256 (which is the first 256 bits of HMAC-SHA-512).</p>
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<h4 id="server-hello">2. Server hello</h4>

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