Re: How does signature's length grows

2000-05-10 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Pete Chown wrote: > > Salz, Rich wrote: > > > > Pls excuse my silly question. Can anyone kindly tell me that does > > > signatures have fixed lengths, or not. > > > > For RSA sizeof(sig) == sizeof(key) > > For DSA, the signature is 320 bits -- two numbers the size of the > small modulus. For E

Re: How does signature's length grows

2000-05-10 Thread Pete Chown
Salz, Rich wrote: > > Pls excuse my silly question. Can anyone kindly tell me that does > > signatures have fixed lengths, or not. > > For RSA sizeof(sig) == sizeof(key) For DSA, the signature is 320 bits -- two numbers the size of the small modulus. For ElGamal the signature is twice the leng