debian man page for dsa

Query: dsa

OS: debian

Section: 5

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DSA(5)								    Lsh Manuals 							    DSA(5)

NAME
DSA - Digital Signature Algorithm
DESCRIPTION
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].
REFERENCES
[DSS] National Institute of standards and Technology, NIST FIPS PUB 186, Digital Signature Standard, U.S. Department of Commerce, May 1994. [AC2] Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C, second edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1996.
AUTHOR
This man-page was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.
SEE ALSO
lsh_keygen(1)
LSH
JANUARY 1999 DSA(5)
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