ol'fogey wrote:
> ...
>>From http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/tkdigsigs.html there are only
> 3 approved functions to generate a digital signature.  The caveat
> appears to be that the method chosen must use an approved hash code
> function, as listed on http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/tkhash.html
> When I cross reference the approved hash code functions with the hash
> code functions used by Cryptopp, there is no match.  So does this mean
> that the digital signatures in Cryptopp are no not FIPS approved?  If
> so, could I make the signature myself by creating a hash code of the
> file via an approved method like SHA-256 and then using RSA to encrypt
> that hash code to create a signature?  Can somebody shed some light on
> this for me or point me in the right direction with some links?

Crypto++ does indeed support the [approved] SHA-2 family of hashes, as 
shown on  the first pages of both the site and reference manual... so 
what was the question? :)

Robert Roessler
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