why no DSA support?

[Quentin Arce]

Thank you very much.




--- On Mon, 11/10/08, Farrell Aultman <fja0568 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Farrell Aultman <fja0568 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: why no DSA support?
> To: "Alejandro Mery" <amery at opensde.org>
> Cc: qarce at yahoo.com, "dropbear" <dropbear at ucc.asn.au>
> Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 9:54 AM
> They are called DSS in dropbear.  DSA and DSS are the same
> thing.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:56 AM, Alejandro Mery
> <amery at opensde.org> wrote:
> 
> > Quentin Arce escribió:
> > > I'm sure this is noted some place.  I
> couldn't find why in the source /
> > doc / google.  So, why doesn't dropbear support
> DSA keys?
> > Hi Quentin,
> > dropbear does support them
> >
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Signature_Algorithm>.
> >
> > $ dropbearkey
> > Must specify a key filename
> > Usage: dropbearkey -t <type> -f <filename>
> [-s bits]
> > Options are:
> > -t type    Type of key to generate. One of:
> >        rsa
> >        dss
> > -f filename    Use filename for the secret key
> > -s bits    Key size in bits, should be a multiple of 8
> (optional)
> >           (DSS has a fixed size of 1024 bits)
> > -y        Just print the publickey and fingerprint for
> the
> >        private key in <filename>.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alejandro Mery
> >
> >