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Add question "What are DH/DSS keys?"

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... and the answer of course.
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@ -839,7 +839,6 @@ update this FAQ in the next month. See the section "Changes" for recent updates
: $ gpg --s2k-cipher-algo 3des --compress-algo 1 --rfc1991 \
: --export-secret-keys <KeyID>
** GnuPG no longer installs a ~/.gnupg/options file. Is it missing?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: gnupg-no-longer-installs-a-options-file-is-it-missing
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Thanks to David Shaw for this information!
** What are DH/DSS keys?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: what-are-dh-dss-keys
:END:
PGP uses a different name for the former default encryption
algorithm Elgamal: They name it DH, which usually stands for the
Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm. It has been said that this
had historic patent and business reasons. It is however exactly
the same thing as the Elgamal algorithm.
They also use the acronym DSS (Digital Signature Standard) instead
of the DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm). The difference is that
DSS requires the use of certain hash algorithms; however OpenPGP
allows the use of more than those hash algorithms, thus GPG usually
uses the term DSA.
* Problems and Error Messages