NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_new, DSA_free - allocate and free DSA objects

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/dsa.h>

        DSA* DSA_new(void);

        void DSA_free(DSA *dsa);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_new() allocates and initializes a DSA structure. It is
       equivalent to calling DSA_new_method(NULL).

       DSA_free() frees the DSA structure and its components. The
       values are erased before the memory is returned to the
       system.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       If the allocation fails, DSA_new() returns NULL and sets
       an error code that can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
       Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated
       structure.

       DSA_free() returns no value.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       dsa(3), ERR_get_error(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3),
       DSA_generate_key(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_new() and DSA_free() are available in all versions of
       SSLeay and OpenSSL.


OpenBSD 3.6                 2002-09-14                          1