DSA_generate_key
Section: OpenSSL (3)
Updated: 2002-09-25
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NAME
DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dsa.h>
int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);
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 VALUE
DSA_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
SEE ALSO
dsa(3), ERR_get_error(3), rand(3),
DSA_generate_parameters(3)
HISTORY
DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.