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DSA_generate_key
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NAME

DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

Synopsis  

#include <openssl/dsa.h>
int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);

return to top 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 to top RETURN VALUE  

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

return to top SEE ALSO  

dsa(3) , ERR_get_error(3) , rand(3) , DSA_generate_parameters(3)

return to top HISTORY  

DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.
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