Compatibility

[Werner Koch]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, L. Sassaman wrote:

> But the point is still valid to those who wish to tweak their settings for
> no reason: using RIPEMD160 instead of SHA-1 with DSA keys makes them not
> DSS. It is my recommendation that people use SHA-1 with DSA keys unless at
> some point they are given good reason not to trust SHA-1.

Most banks here in Germany prefer RIPEMD160 over SHA1; I don't know
why ;-)


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