DSA Was Standardized as a Federal Information Processing Standard (____)

question 42

Multiple Choice

DSA was standardized as a federal information processing standard (____) called the digital signature standard (DSS) .

• A) FIPS-086
• B) FIPS-112
• C) FIPS-156
• D) FIPS-186

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Definitions:

Encryption

The act of transforming data or information into a cipher, mainly to stop unauthorized users from accessing it.

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a standard that extends the format of email messages to support text in character sets other than ASCII, as well as attachments of audio, video, images, and application programs.

SSL Encryption

A method for securing data in transmission between a client and a server on the internet, utilizing cryptographic protocols to ensure confidentiality and integrity.

Static Addressing

Assigning a fixed IP address to a computer within a network, as opposed to dynamically assigning an IP address via DHCP.