Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Policy branches - first steps

[Justin Patrin]

On 2/26/07, Jack Lloyd <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 01:17:24PM -0800, Justin Patrin wrote:
> > 3) DSA can only sign less than 256 bits (140?) so moving to SHA-256
> > and DSA will be problematic.
>
> DSA, algorithmically, can sign arbitrary size hashes, as long as you
> choose a large enough q parameter. Until recently the standardized max
> for q was 160 bits, FIPS 186-3 (currently in draft) allows longer q if
> you use a longer p (q=256 is OK with p=2048 or 3072 bits).

Thanks for the calrification. :-)

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Justin Patrin