DSA = DSS?

[Werner Koch]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, John Bacalle wrote:

> As far as I can tell from reading docs and FAQs[1] DSA (as it appears in
> GnuPG) is the same as DSS under PGP (as it appears in PGP 5/6), yes? 

DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm.

DSS = Digital Signature Standard.  
      This is the combination of DSA, the SHA-1 hash algorithm and
      some other minor things.

DH  = Diffie-Hellman Keyexchange (PGP uses this for ELG-E)

ELG = ElGamal Encryption (can be used for signatures but is not
      suggested).  

ELG-E = Same as ELG but has another OpenPGP identifier number which
	flags it as only to be used for encryption.  This is what 
        PGP calls DH.


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