Re: Elgamal signatures

["William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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In <3.0.3.32.19980414142215.00b0a880@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/14/98 
   at 04:22 PM, Jon Callas <jon@xxxxxxx> said:

>I've been writing up a section on the care needed to select Elgamal keys
>so that the resulting signatures are strong. In going through all of
>this, I can't help but wonder if it's worth it.

>Should we forego Elgamal signatures in the spec and make Elgamal only an
>encryption algorithm?

No,

I think that there is substantial interest in Elgamal signatures to
include it in the spec.

I admit I have not given Elgamal a through study but I am currious as to
how an Elgamal key would be secure for encryption and yet not be so for a
signature?

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