NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/dsa.h>

        int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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_gener-
       ate_key().

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.  The
       error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       openssl_dsa(3), openssl_err(3), openssl_rand(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.



2000-07-22                    0.9.6g          DSA_generate_key(3)