Re: NIST publishes new DSA draft

[Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:01:25 +0100, Ian G said:

>> right answer.  Now that we have actual information about DSA2, perhaps
>> it would be worth revisiting that question.  A new algorithm ID for
>> DSA2 resolves a number of problems in one fell swoop as there is no
>> expectation of interoperability.  SHA-256 is always usable
>> (effectively the default) for DSA2, and there is no problem with
>> knowing when it is possible to use truncation (always).

> Sounds good to me.

I support this too.  The majority of keys are DSA keys q=160 bit.
Having a new algorithm indentifier will help more than harm.



Salam-Shalom,

   Werner