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)