in legacy/perl/topsites.pl [85:92]
sub signing_key {
my ($kSecret,$service,$region,$date) = @_;
my $kDate = hmac_sha256($date,'AWS4'.$kSecret);
my $kRegion = hmac_sha256($region,$kDate);
my $kService = hmac_sha256($service,$kRegion);
my $kSigning = hmac_sha256('aws4_request',$kService);
return $kSigning;
}