Re: openssl and DSA q size doubt

2024-07-25 Thread Billy Brumley
Howdy, But  my question is why q is not 160 bits but instead 224 bits was used by openssl since the FIPS 186 standard clearly says to use q size 160 bits for p size 1024 bits? Can someone familiar with the topic, clarify my doubt please? Maybe I missed some fine points in the standard. I'd

openssl and DSA q size doubt

2024-07-24 Thread M K Saravanan
Hi, I am trying to learn how DSA works by reading the book "Understanding Cryptography" by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl. I also understand that DSA is now deprecated as per FIPS 186-5 (Feb, 2023) and ECDSA is preferred. However just for learning purpose I was experimenting with DSA param generat