Name

DSA_size — get DSA signature size

Library

libcrypto.lib

Synopsis

#include <openssl/dsa.h>

int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);

Detailed Description

This function returns the size of an ASN.1 encoded DSA signature in bytes. It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for a DSA signature.

dsa->q must not be NULL.

Return Value

The size in bytes.

See Also

dsa(), DSA_sign()

History

DSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.

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