[Gllug] DSA/RSA

[John G Walker]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:26:08 +0100 "Martin A. Brooks"
<martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:

> John G Walker wrote:
> > Ah, I didn't find that :)
> >
> > But, there again, this states that it's an encryption algorithm.
> > Hmmm, 
> 
> RSA _is_ an encryption algoritm. Revolutionary because it allows 
> asymmetric keys.
> 
> 

Actually, reading the Wikipedia article, I realise that I read the news
of the original 1977 paper when it came out. I just hadn't connected
that with the name RSA.

So, eventually, the difference between RSA and DSA is that RSA
encrypts, but DSA merely signs?

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 All the best,
 John
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