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Re: NIST publishes new DSA draft

2006-03-17 09:18:07

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:01:25 +0100, Ian G said:

right answer.  Now that we have actual information about DSA2, perhaps
it would be worth revisiting that question.  A new algorithm ID for
DSA2 resolves a number of problems in one fell swoop as there is no
expectation of interoperability.  SHA-256 is always usable
(effectively the default) for DSA2, and there is no problem with
knowing when it is possible to use truncation (always).

Sounds good to me.

I support this too.  The majority of keys are DSA keys q=160 bit.
Having a new algorithm indentifier will help more than harm.



Salam-Shalom,

   Werner