I think it's probably better to reference FIPS 186 for this.


On 1 May 2014 17:37:17 Mohammed Attia <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> > -        The public key.
> > +        Verify data was signed by the private key associated with this 
> public
> > +        key.
> > +
> > +        :param bytes signature: The signature to verify.
>
> Yes, this is assumed to be in RFC6979's DER format.
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