Why a malicious request using length extension

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An application is vulnerable when a developer computes the MAC in an insecure way, for example, concatenating the key and message. Consider hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) as a possible mitigation: Describe HMAC and why a malicious request using length extension and extra commands will fail MAC verification when the client and server use HMAC.

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