1. (Difficult) Section 8.3 was pretty confusing, but we were given a fair warning at the beginning of the section. I was confused mostly about the SHA-1 Algorithm. Some of the steps seemed very "random" because I had no idea where they were coming from, including the constant values K_t. It mentioned that the core of the algorithm was step 3, which was probably the most confusing part of the algorithm.
1. (Reflective) The Digital Signature Algorithm made more sense to me, so it was more interesting. It makes sense that why we need these secure ways to sign documents. If this wasn't secure, then people would be accused of signing contracts and other documents that they did not. This is really important in many transactions. The DSA is very similar to the ElGamal Signature Scheme. Are they basically the same other than the difference in the integer r?
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