NAME

       SHA - Secure Hash Algorithm

DESCRIPTION

       SHA ([SHA]) is the Secure Hash Algorithm, a standard from NIST, the U.S. National Institute for Standards
       and Technology, which is used in DSA(5).  The standard detailing SHA is [SHS].

       For a description of SHA and its security, see [AC2].

REFERENCES

       [SHS]  National  Institute  of  standards  and  Technology, NIST FIPS PUB 180, Secure Hash Standard, U.S.
       Department of Commerce, May 1993.

       [AC2] Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C,  second  edition,
       John Wiley and Sons, 1996.

AUTHOR

       This man-page was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.

SEE ALSO

       DSA(5)

LSH                                               JANUARY 1999                                            SHA(5)