document hmac algorithm

[hippotat.git] / PROTOCOL

diff --git a/PROTOCOL b/PROTOCOL
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--- a/PROTOCOL
+++ b/PROTOCOL
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Authentication token is:
         <time_t in hex with no leading 0s> <hmac in base64>
 (separated by a single space).  The hmac is
         HMAC(secret, <time_t in hex>)
-
+and the hash function is SHA256
 
 Possible future nonce-based authentication: