Inconsistent spelling of HMAC SHA256 in Microsoft documentation

[FortFerdinand]

Type of issue

Typo

Description

On the page about HMAC SHA256, I see two different spellings of HMAC SHA256:
(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography.hmacsha256?view=net-9.0)

• In Remarks, the page mentions "SHA-256 hash function".
• In Fields, the page mentions "HMAC SHA256 algorithm".

Based on your cited source on the page, the correct spelling should be SHA256 without a dash:
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/1d1bf92fcf43aa6981804dc53c5174445069c9e4/src/libraries/System.Security.Cryptography/src/System/Security/Cryptography/HMACSHA256.cs

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography.hmacsha256?view=net-9.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/main/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/HMACSHA256.xml

Document Version Independent Id

f4f90565-a499-8742-10e2-7296ea4a33c6

Article author

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[gewarren]

@vcsjones Is SHA256 or SHA-256 (when referring to the algorithm, not the class) more correct? Wikipedia says the latter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2.