Class Nettle.MAC()->State Inheritance graph __builtin.Nettle.__Hash.State __builtin.Nettle.MAC.State Nettle.MAC.State Nettle.POLY1305_AES.State Nettle.UMAC128_AES.State Nettle.UMAC32_AES.State Nettle.UMAC64_AES.State Nettle.UMAC96_AES.State Description Base class for MAC contexts. Inherit State inherit MAC::State : State Method create Nettle.MAC.State Nettle.MAC.State(string(8bit) key) Description Initialize the MAC with a password. It also resets any iv/nonce to it's default.