From root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Fri Aug 16 14:52:23 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id OAA12649; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:52:22 -0400 Received: from [192.48.96.14] by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA17652; Fri, 16 Aug 96 14:50:54 EDT Received: from ngeout01.news.aol.com by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP (peer crosschecked as: ngeout01.news.aol.com [152.163.176.244]) id QQbdax12905; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:50:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsbf02.news.aol.com (newsbf02.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.50]) by ngeout01.news.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA03737 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:54:26 -0400 Received: by newsbf02.news.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA15826; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:50:50 -0400 Posted-Date: 16 Aug 1996 14:50:31 -0400 Received-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:50:50 -0400 To: news-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rsamaven@aol.com (RSAMaven) Newsgroups: news.answers Subject: RSA Laboratories FAQ - Part 4 Date: 16 Aug 1996 14:50:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 238 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-Id: <4v2ftn$fe0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rsamaven@aol.com (RSAMaven) ************************************************************************** *************** RSA Laboratories Frequently Asked Questions v3.0 - This is the latest FAQ available on Cryptography from RSA, please ignore all others. You can refer to the HTML version at : HTTP://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/ or you can download the FAQ in Adobe Acrobat version from our website: HTTP://www.rsa.com/PUBS/ If you have any questions or comments, please email : webmaven@rsa.com faq-editor@rsa.com ************************************************************************** ************* DSA Question 26. What are DSA and DSS? The Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (see Question 146) in the Digital Signature Standard (DSS), which is a part of the U.S. government s Capstone project (see Question 150). DSS was selected by NIST, in cooperation with the NSA (see Question 148), to be the digital authentication standard of the U.S. government. The standard was issued on [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]