Name

DSA_generate_key — generate DSA key pair

Library

libcrypto

Synopsis

#include <openssl/dsa.h>

int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);

Detailed 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().

See Also

dsa(), ERR_get_error(), rand(), DSA_generate_parameters()

History

DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.

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