diff --git a/data/44.txt b/data/44.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eea46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/44.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+msg: Listen for me, you better listen for me now. 
+s: 1267396447369736888040262262183731677867615804316
+r: 1105520928110492191417703162650245113664610474875
+m: a4db3de27e2db3e5ef085ced2bced91b82e0df19
+msg: Listen for me, you better listen for me now. 
+s: 29097472083055673620219739525237952924429516683
+r: 51241962016175933742870323080382366896234169532
+m: a4db3de27e2db3e5ef085ced2bced91b82e0df19
+msg: When me rockin' the microphone me rock on steady, 
+s: 277954141006005142760672187124679727147013405915
+r: 228998983350752111397582948403934722619745721541
+m: 21194f72fe39a80c9c20689b8cf6ce9b0e7e52d4
+msg: Yes a Daddy me Snow me are de article dan. 
+s: 1013310051748123261520038320957902085950122277350
+r: 1099349585689717635654222811555852075108857446485
+m: 1d7aaaa05d2dee2f7dabdc6fa70b6ddab9c051c5
+msg: But in a in an' a out de dance em 
+s: 203941148183364719753516612269608665183595279549
+r: 425320991325990345751346113277224109611205133736
+m: 6bc188db6e9e6c7d796f7fdd7fa411776d7a9ff
+msg: Aye say where you come from a, 
+s: 502033987625712840101435170279955665681605114553
+r: 486260321619055468276539425880393574698069264007
+m: 5ff4d4e8be2f8aae8a5bfaabf7408bd7628f43c9
+msg: People em say ya come from Jamaica, 
+s: 1133410958677785175751131958546453870649059955513
+r: 537050122560927032962561247064393639163940220795
+m: 7d9abd18bbecdaa93650ecc4da1b9fcae911412
+msg: But me born an' raised in the ghetto that I want yas to know, 
+s: 559339368782867010304266546527989050544914568162
+r: 826843595826780327326695197394862356805575316699
+m: 88b9e184393408b133efef59fcef85576d69e249
+msg: Pure black people mon is all I mon know. 
+s: 1021643638653719618255840562522049391608552714967
+r: 1105520928110492191417703162650245113664610474875
+m: d22804c4899b522b23eda34d2137cd8cc22b9ce8
+msg: Yeah me shoes a an tear up an' now me toes is a show a 
+s: 506591325247687166499867321330657300306462367256
+r: 51241962016175933742870323080382366896234169532
+m: bc7ec371d951977cba10381da08fe934dea80314
+msg: Where me a born in are de one Toronto, so 
+s: 458429062067186207052865988429747640462282138703
+r: 228998983350752111397582948403934722619745721541
+m: d6340bfcda59b6b75b59ca634813d572de800e8f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9af97db..9edc09f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::items_after_statements)]
 #![allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
 #![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+#![feature(string_remove_matches)]
 mod bytes;
 mod bytes_base64;
 mod cbc;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ fn main() {
         set5::challenge40().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 40"));
         set6::challenge41().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 41"));
         set6::challenge42().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 42"));
+        set6::challenge43().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 43"));
     }
-    set6::challenge43().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 43"));
     set6::challenge44().unwrap_or_else(|| println!("[fail] challenge 44"));
 }
diff --git a/src/set6.rs b/src/set6.rs
index 3a3f853..ac80911 100644
--- a/src/set6.rs
+++ b/src/set6.rs
@@ -117,12 +117,11 @@ pub mod challenge43 {
             BigNum::from_hex_str("d2d0714f014a9784047eaeccf956520045c45265")?
         );
 
-        // They provide s and r as decimal integers and not hex strings. I
-        // converted the decimals to hex. I took me a couple of hours to figure
-        // that out.
+        // They provide s and r as decimal integers and not hex strings. Took me a while
+        // to notice that.
         let mut sig = dsa::DsaSig {
-            r: BigNum::from_hex_str("60019cacdc56eedf8e080984bfa898c8c5c419a8")?,
-            s: BigNum::from_hex_str("961f2062efc3c68db965a90c924cf76580ec1bbc")?,
+            r: BigNum::from_dec_str("548099063082341131477253921760299949438196259240")?,
+            s: BigNum::from_dec_str("857042759984254168557880549501802188789837994940")?,
             k: BigNum::from_u32(0)?,
         };
         let msg_h = dsa::h(&msg)?;
@@ -173,6 +172,30 @@ pub fn challenge43() -> Option<()> {
     Some(())
 }
 
+pub mod challenge44 {
+    use std::io::{BufReader, BufRead};
+    use crate::bytes::Bytes;
+    use openssl::bn::BigNum;
+    use crate::dsa;
+
+    pub fn read_dsa_signed_messages() {
+        let file = std::fs::File::open("data/44.txt").unwrap();
+        let mut lines: Vec<String> = BufReader::new(file).lines().map(|l| l.unwrap()).collect();
+        // each message cosists of four lines: msg, s, r, m (sha1 hash of msg)
+        for line in lines.chunks_mut(4) {
+            line[0].remove_matches("msg: ");
+            line[1].remove_matches("s: ");
+            line[2].remove_matches("r: ");
+            line[3].remove_matches("m: ");
+            let msg = Bytes::from_utf8(&line[0]);
+            let m = BigNum::from_hex_str(&line[3]).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(dsa::h(&msg).unwrap(), m, "Message hash from data/44.txt does not match");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+
 pub fn challenge44() -> Option<()> {
     println!("[xxxx] Challenge 44: DSA nonce recovery from repeated nonce");
     let msg = Bytes::from_utf8("hello, world!");
@@ -181,5 +204,6 @@ pub fn challenge44() -> Option<()> {
     let sig = keys.sign(&params, &msg).ok()?;
     let result = keys.verify(&params, &msg, &sig).ok()?;
     assert!(result, "verify failed unexpectedly");
+    challenge44::read_dsa_signed_messages();
     None
 }