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DSA_new
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NAME

DSA_new, DSA_free - allocate and free DSA objects

Synopsis  

#include <openssl/dsa.h>
DSA* DSA_new(void);
void DSA_free(DSA *dsa);

return to top DESCRIPTION  

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 to top RETURN VALUES  

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.

return to top SEE ALSO  

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

return to top HISTORY  

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