Digital Signature Standard


The Digital Signature Standard is a Federal Information Processing Standard specifying a suite of algorithms that can be used to generate digital signatures established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1994. Five revisions to the initial specification have been released: FIPS in 1998, FIPS in 2000, FIPS in 2009, FIPS in 2013, and FIPS in 2023.

Overview

It defines the Digital [Signature Algorithm], contains a definition of RSA signatures based on the definitions contained within PKCS #1 version 2.1 and in American National Standard X9.31 with some additional requirements, and contains a definition of the Elliptic Curve [Digital Signature Algorithm] based on the definition provided by American National Standard X9.62 with some additional requirements and some recommended elliptic curves. It also approves the use of all three algorithms.