DSA2

[Nicholas Cole]

--- "Robert J. Hansen" <rjh at sixdemonbag.org> wrote:
[snip]
> For whatever it's worth, some critics of OpenPGP
> point to the lack of a
> hash function firewall in DSA and DSA2 keys as a big
> unresolved security
> issue.  These critics are of the opinion the RSA
> signature specification
> is better-defined.  While I haven't looked at the
> spec enough to see if
> DSA2 still lacks a hash function firewall, the
> criticism should probably
> be brought up and considered, especially if you're
> thinking of migrating
> your key to a different signature algorithm.


Dear Robert,

Thanks for this.  What is a "hash function firewall",
for those of us who are mere mortals? :)

Best,

N


		
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