rsa v. dsa authentication

From: Chuck (skilover_nospam_at_softhome.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:40:59 -0500

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Is there any significant advantage of using one over the other? I
thought I read somewhere that RSA is more secure, but one of my
sysadmins read that DSA is.
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