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Demystifying DSS: The Digital Signature Standard

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Overview This paper examines the requirements of signatures, outlines the technologies involved in creating digital signatures, and describes the components of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS). The basic concepts, not the math, are the focus of the technology investigation. Public key encryption algorithms and secure hash algorithms are explained and discussed. A discussion of the legal aspects of signatures is included. Finally, a comparison is made between paper signatures and digital signatures, showing that digital signatures provided within a well-provisioned Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) satisfy the requirements of signatures at least as well as paper signatures.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	SANS Institute	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	110
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Digital Signatures, PKI

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