[Gllug] DSA/RSA

[John G Walker]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:02:18 +0100 "Martin A. Brooks"
<martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 16:08 +0100, John G Walker wrote:
> > What's the difference between DSA and RSA encryption for ssh?  
> 
> DSA isn't for encryption, it's for signing. The small clues is that
> DSA stands for "Digital Signature Algorithm".

Which makes sense, because that's really what I want it for. But so many
of the references on the web refer to "encryption". Serves me right for
taking sloppy postings seriously :)

So what does RSA stand for?

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 All the best,
 John
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