DSA - Digital Signature Algorithm

This man-page was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.

DSA is the Digital Signature Algorithm specified in [DSS], a standard for public-key based digital signatures from NIST, the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology. DSA employs SHA(5). For a description of DSS, its history and security, see [AC2].

DSA - Digital Signature Algorithm

[DSS] National Institute of standards and Technology, NIST FIPS PUB 186, DigitalSignatureStandard, U.S. Department of Commerce, May 1994. [AC2] Bruce Schneier, AppliedCryptography:Protocols,AlgorithmsandSourceCodeinC, second edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1996.

lsh_keygen(1) LSH JANUARY 1999 DSA(5)