HMAC Signature - CI/CD Glossary Definition
An HMAC signature is a keyed hash computed over a message with a shared secret, sent alongside it so the receiver can recompute and confirm the message is authentic and unmodified - the basis of webhook signature verification like X-Hub-Signature-256.
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