4 files changed, 58 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/base.cpp b/src/core/base.cpp
index 0682affe9..ff7fa5d4e 100644
--- a/src/core/base.cpp
+++ b/src/core/base.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 *************************************************/
 
 #include <botan/base.h>
+#include <botan/mac.h>
 #include <botan/version.h>
 
 namespace Botan {
@@ -76,18 +77,6 @@ BufferedComputation::BufferedComputation(u32bit olen) : OUTPUT_LENGTH(olen)
    }
 
 /*************************************************
-* MessageAuthenticationCode Constructor          *
-*************************************************/
-MessageAuthenticationCode::MessageAuthenticationCode(u32bit mlen,
-                                                     u32bit key_min,
-                                                     u32bit key_max,
-                                                     u32bit key_mod) :
-   BufferedComputation(mlen),
-   SymmetricAlgorithm(key_min, key_max, key_mod)
-   {
-   }
-
-/*************************************************
 * Default MAC verification operation             *
 *************************************************/
 bool MessageAuthenticationCode::verify_mac(const byte mac[], u32bit length)
diff --git a/src/core/base.h b/src/core/base.h
index b7b50c402..64186f903 100644
--- a/src/core/base.h
+++ b/src/core/base.h
@@ -298,41 +298,6 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BufferedComputation
       virtual void final_result(byte[]) = 0;
    };
 
-/**
-* This class represents Message Authentication Code (MAC) objects.
-*/
-class BOTAN_DLL MessageAuthenticationCode : public BufferedComputation,
-                                  public SymmetricAlgorithm
-   {
-   public:
-      /**
-      * Verify a MAC.
-      * @param in the MAC to verify as a byte array
-      * @param length the length of the byte array
-      * @return true if the MAC is valid, false otherwise
-      */
-      virtual bool verify_mac(const byte[], u32bit);
-
-      /**
-      * Get a new object representing the same algorithm as *this
-      */
-      virtual MessageAuthenticationCode* clone() const = 0;
-
-      /**
-      * Get the name of this algorithm.
-      * @return the name of this algorithm
-      */
-      virtual std::string name() const = 0;
-
-      /**
-      * Reset the internal state of this object.
-      */
-      virtual void clear() throw() = 0;
-
-      MessageAuthenticationCode(u32bit, u32bit, u32bit = 0, u32bit = 1);
-      virtual ~MessageAuthenticationCode() {}
-   };
-
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/info.txt b/src/core/info.txt
index 34705048b..45c8f7b9e 100644
--- a/src/core/info.txt
+++ b/src/core/info.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ enums.h
 exceptn.cpp
 exceptn.h
 hash.h
+mac.h
 mem_pool.cpp
 mem_pool.h
 mutex.h
diff --git a/src/core/mac.h b/src/core/mac.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7bdada14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/mac.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+* Base class for message authentiction codes
+* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOTAN_MESSAGE_AUTH_CODE_BASE_H__
+#define BOTAN_MESSAGE_AUTH_CODE_BASE_H__
+
+#include <botan/base.h>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/**
+* This class represents Message Authentication Code (MAC) objects.
+*/
+class BOTAN_DLL MessageAuthenticationCode : public BufferedComputation,
+                                            public SymmetricAlgorithm
+   {
+   public:
+      /**
+      * Verify a MAC.
+      * @param in the MAC to verify as a byte array
+      * @param length the length of the byte array
+      * @return true if the MAC is valid, false otherwise
+      */
+      virtual bool verify_mac(const byte[], u32bit);
+
+      /**
+      * Get a new object representing the same algorithm as *this
+      */
+      virtual MessageAuthenticationCode* clone() const = 0;
+
+      /**
+      * Get the name of this algorithm.
+      * @return the name of this algorithm
+      */
+      virtual std::string name() const = 0;
+
+      /**
+      * Reset the internal state of this object.
+      */
+      virtual void clear() throw() = 0;
+
+      MessageAuthenticationCode(u32bit mac_len,
+                                u32bit key_min,
+                                u32bit key_max = 0,
+                                u32bit key_mod = 1) :
+         BufferedComputation(mac_len),
+         SymmetricAlgorithm(key_min, key_max, key_mod) {}
+
+      virtual ~MessageAuthenticationCode() {}
+   };
+
+}
+
+#endif