DSS flaw reported
deadbeat
an5877 at anon.penet.fi
Mon Aug 15 10:33:09 PDT 1994
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I found this in the EDUPAGE clipping service. Does anyone have further
information?
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON DIGITAL SIGNATURES
The Digital Signature Standard approved by the Commerce Department
last May is in trouble. The algorithm may have a fatal flaw that would
allow hackers to forge digital signatures needed for electronic funds
transfers and alter supposedly secure documents. NIST (National Institute
for Standards and Technology) claims all that's needed is a one-line fix,
and an unfazed AT&T still plans to release a new version of its
DSS-compatible Secretagent encryption software sometime soon. (Data
Communications 8/94 p.11)
DEADBEAT <na5877 at anon.penet.fi>
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