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verify_mac

Operation

verify_mac async

verify_mac(input: VerifyMacInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> VerifyMacOutput

Verifies the hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) for a specified message, HMAC KMS key, and MAC algorithm. To verify the HMAC, VerifyMac computes an HMAC using the message, HMAC KMS key, and MAC algorithm that you specify, and compares the computed HMAC to the HMAC that you specify. If the HMACs are identical, the verification succeeds; otherwise, it fails. Verification indicates that the message hasn't changed since the HMAC was calculated, and the specified key was used to generate and verify the HMAC.

HMAC KMS keys and the HMAC algorithms that KMS uses conform to industry standards defined in RFC 2104.

This operation is part of KMS support for HMAC KMS keys. For details, see HMAC keys in KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For details, see Key states of KMS keys in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

Cross-account use: Yes. To perform this operation with a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, specify the key ARN or alias ARN in the value of the KeyId parameter.

Required permissions: kms:VerifyMac (key policy)

Related operations: GenerateMac

Eventual consistency: The KMS API follows an eventual consistency model. For more information, see KMS eventual consistency.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input VerifyMacInput

An instance of VerifyMacInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
VerifyMacOutput

An instance of VerifyMacOutput.

Input

VerifyMacInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for VerifyMacInput structure.

Attributes

dry_run class-attribute instance-attribute
dry_run: bool | None = ...

Checks if your request will succeed. DryRun is an optional parameter.

To learn more about how to use this parameter, see Testing your permissions in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

grant_tokens class-attribute instance-attribute
grant_tokens: list[str] | None = ...

A list of grant tokens.

Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see Grant token and Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
key_id: str | None = ...

The KMS key that will be used in the verification.

Enter a key ID of the KMS key that was used to generate the HMAC. If you identify a different KMS key, the VerifyMac operation fails.

mac class-attribute instance-attribute
mac: bytes | None = ...

The HMAC to verify. Enter the HMAC that was generated by the GenerateMac operation when you specified the same message, HMAC KMS key, and MAC algorithm as the values specified in this request.

mac_algorithm class-attribute instance-attribute
mac_algorithm: str | None = ...

The MAC algorithm that will be used in the verification. Enter the same MAC algorithm that was used to compute the HMAC. This algorithm must be supported by the HMAC KMS key identified by the KeyId parameter.

message class-attribute instance-attribute
message: bytes | None = ...

The message that will be used in the verification. Enter the same message that was used to generate the HMAC.

GenerateMac and VerifyMac do not provide special handling for message digests. If you generated an HMAC for a hash digest of a message, you must verify the HMAC for the same hash digest.

Output

VerifyMacOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for VerifyMacOutput structure.

Attributes

key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
key_id: str | None = ...

The HMAC KMS key used in the verification.

mac_algorithm class-attribute instance-attribute
mac_algorithm: str | None = ...

The MAC algorithm used in the verification.

mac_valid class-attribute instance-attribute
mac_valid: bool = ...

A Boolean value that indicates whether the HMAC was verified. A value of True indicates that the HMAC (Mac) was generated with the specified Message, HMAC KMS key (KeyID) and MacAlgorithm..

If the HMAC is not verified, the VerifyMac operation fails with a KMSInvalidMacException exception. This exception indicates that one or more of the inputs changed since the HMAC was computed.

response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.