Examples of OPIM single-length, double-length, and triple-length keys in two forms
The first two letters of the key form indicate the form that key type 1 parameter is in, and the second two letters indicate the form that key type 2 parameter is in.
Key Type Type
Form 1 2
OPIM DATA DATA Use the OP form in Encipher. Use Key Export with the
OP form to communicate ciphertext and key with
another cryptographic partner. Use Key Import at a
later time to use Encipher or Decipher with the same
key again.
OPIM MAC MAC Single-length MAC Generate key. Use the OP form in
MAC Generate. You have no corresponding verb MACVER key,
but you can call the MAC Verify verb with
the MAC key directly. Use the Key Import verb
and then compute the MAC again using the MAC Verify
verb, which compares the MAC
it generates with the MAC supplied with the message
and issues a return code indicating whether they
compare.