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Man Page: dsa_generate_key

Operating Environment: linux

Section: 3ssl

DSA_generate_key(3SSL)						      OpenSSL						    DSA_generate_key(3SSL)

NAME
DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dsa.h> int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);
DESCRIPTION
DSA_generate_key() expects a to contain DSA parameters. It generates a new key pair and stores it in a->pub_key and a->priv_key. The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling DSA_generate_key().
RETURN VALUE
DSA_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
SEE ALSO
dsa(3), ERR_get_error(3), rand(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3)
HISTORY
DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8. 1.0.0e 2002-09-25 DSA_generate_key(3SSL)
Related Man Pages
dsa(3) - redhat
dsa_sign(3ssl) - debian
dsa_sign_setup(3ssl) - debian
dsa(3) - opendarwin
dsa_do_verify(3ssl) - linux
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